title: [Planning and building a new hospital: how to reach adequate preventive standards].
abstract: Communication deals with the complexity of planning a new hospital. We considered basic requirements needed to build this kind of settlement according to regulations in force and standards, with particular care to patients and workers safety and health, both during normal activity periods and in case of ordinary and extraordinary maintenance.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento INDACO, Politecnico di Milano.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Macchia
mesh_terms: D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D007558:Italy; D012449:Safety