title: Recommended standards for newborn ICU design, eighth edition.
abstract: 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 refinements of previous Recommended Standards with respect to family space, hand hygiene, lighting and other aspects of the newborn intensive care unit (NICU) design.
authors.affiliation: Regional Newborn Program Memorial Hospital, South Bend, IN, USA. Robert_White@pediatrix.com
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Shepley
mesh_terms: D006235:Hand Disinfection / Q000592:standards; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000592:standards*; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings / Q000592:standards; D007847:Laundry Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards; D008029:Lighting; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000592:standards; D014187:Transportation of Patients; D014691:Ventilation / Q000592:standards