[Hygienic and economic significance of sewer drainage in hospitals. Architectural changes in the guidelines of the Federal Health Office].
The hygienic importance of barrier zoning in hospitals has been evaluated on the basis of the relevant international literature between 1970 and 1989. There have been only a very few pertinent publications and in none has there been any pointer which would support the hypothesis of barriers having an infection-preventing effect. Using four University Hospitals in Baden-Würtemberg as paradigms, a model was prepared for calculating what space and cost savings were possible, if a simpler system could be installed, instead of the one demanded under federal regulations and already planned for the four hospitals. It was found that it would save a realizable area of 319,5 m2 at a potential cost saving of DM 1,138,335. By dispensing with hygienically not justifiable building work at the planning stage of new hospitals considerable greater costs could be avoided.
Klinikhygiene, Universitätsklinikum, Staatlichen Hochbauverwaltung Baden-Württemberg, Freiburg.
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D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005858:Germany; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*
Hygienische und ökonomische Bedeutung von Schleusen im Krankenhaus. Die bauliche Umsetzung der Richtlinie des Bundesgesundheitsamtes.