Recommended standards for newborn ICU design, eighth edition

Journal of Perinatology (2013) 33, S2S16 & 2013 Consensus Committee for NICU Design All rights reserved 0743-8346/13

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Recommended standards for newborn ICU design, eighth edition

RD White, JA Smith and MM Shepley on behalf of the Committee to Establish Recommended Standards for Newborn ICU Design

This is the eighth edition of the Recommended Standards for Newborn ICU Design. It contains substantive changes in recommendations for patient room size and feeding preparation areas, and a number of renements of previous Recommended Standards with respect to family space, hand hygiene, lighting and other aspects of the newborn intensive care unit (NICU) design.

Journal of Perinatology (2013) 33, S2S16; doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jp.2013.10

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Keywords: NICU design; single-family room; NICU lighting; handwashing station

CONSENSUS COMMITTEE ON RECOMMENDED DESIGN STANDARDS FOR ADVANCED NEONATAL CARE

Joy Browne, PhDAssociate Professor, University of ColoradoSchool of MedicineDepartment of Pediatrics at the Childrens Hospital 1056 E19th AveDenver, CO 80218Tel: [phone]

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Robert Cicco, MDPediatric Neonatal Associates 2015 Swallow Hill Road Pittsburgh, PA 15220-1626 Tel: [phone]

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Michael S. Dunn, MD, FRCPCAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Paediatrics, University of Toronto Sunnybrook Health Science Centre2075 Bayview AvenueToronto, ONM4N 3M5CANADATel: 1 416 480 6100. ext/ 87777

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Douglas EricksonConsultantAmerican Society for Healthcare Engineering P.O. Box 1074 RSSt. Croix, Virgin Islands 00821Tel: [phone]

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Stanley N. Graven, MD Professor of Pediatrics University of South Florida 13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. Tampa, FL 33612-3805Tel: [phone]

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Skip Gregory, NCARB Health Facility Consulting, LLC 4128 Zermatt Drive Tallahassee, Florida 32303Tel: [phone]

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James W. Harrell, FAIA, FACHA Director Healthcare Planning & Design GBBN Architects, Inc.332 East 8th StreetCincinnati, OH 45202Tel: [phone]

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Carol B. Jaeger, MS, PNP, CNNP, RNC Vice President, Clinical Services-Neonatal Children Hospital700 Childrens...