Evolution of infectious disease ward design in Malaysia : Case study

Infectious disease is prevalent in all countries. Malaysia is no different. With the ease of global travel and incidental migration, all countries faced the phenomenon of infectious disease in various degree. proactive in its preparation to manage its emergence is the key of Malaysia's diseas...

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Main Authors:	Mohd Nawawi, Norwina, Khoo, Boon Teck, Sapian, Abdul Razak, Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah, Md Alwi, Nadiah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	NA Architecture NA2695 Architectural drawing and design NA4100 Special classes of buildings R Medicine (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/57517/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57517/2/2.abstract_fig_toc.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/57517/3/UIA-PHG2017-Infectious%20Disease%20Ward-final2%202.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/57517/5/57517-programme%20book.pdf

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spelling	iium-575172017-07-07T07:25:45Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/57517/ Evolution of infectious disease ward design in Malaysia : Case study Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Khoo, Boon Teck Sapian, Abdul Razak Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah Md Alwi, Nadiah NA Architecture NA2695 Architectural drawing and design NA4100 Special classes of buildings R Medicine (General) Infectious disease is prevalent in all countries. Malaysia is no different. With the ease of global travel and incidental migration, all countries faced the phenomenon of infectious disease in various degree. proactive in its preparation to manage its emergence is the key of Malaysia's disease surveillance. This presentation focuses on the evolution of infectious disease ward design through the ages by case studies. through a historical review of old hospitals and the dos and don’t’s in the sample evaluation of selected infectious disease ward of the current design, findings found the odds in mitigating these infections (including hospital acquired infection (HAI) are just too many and unknown. To date, isolation rooms at each ward discipline are utilised as barrier nursing – to isolate from infection or causing infection in all hospitals. only selected hospitals, due to budget and geography of its occurrence, purposed built wards for infectious disease, were eventually built. In the convergence of the disease in one centre, health status of the staff matters. Innovating balance needs for staff, patient and the extended caregivers (relative), a mixed approach catering all users, were formulated. either as new and as a retrofit, on land or at higher levels, will depend on its physical requirements and placement locality. although outcome is yet to be evaluated the final design is akin to historical moves i.e isolated, landed, ease of access. 2017 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57517/2/2.abstract_fig_toc.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57517/3/UIA-PHG2017-Infectious%20Disease%20Ward-final2%202.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57517/5/57517-programme%20book.pdf Mohd Nawawi, Norwina and Khoo, Boon Teck and Sapian, Abdul Razak and Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah and Md Alwi, Nadiah (2017) Evolution of infectious disease ward design in Malaysia : Case study. In: International Union of Architects’ Public Health Group (UIA-PHG) Annual Meeting, 11th June 2017, London, United KIngdom. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	NA Architecture NA2695 Architectural drawing and design NA4100 Special classes of buildings R Medicine (General) Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Khoo, Boon Teck Sapian, Abdul Razak Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah Md Alwi, Nadiah Evolution of infectious disease ward design in Malaysia : Case study
description	Infectious disease is prevalent in all countries. Malaysia is no different. With the ease of global travel and incidental migration, all countries faced the phenomenon of infectious disease in various degree. proactive in its preparation to manage its emergence is the key of Malaysia's disease surveillance. This presentation focuses on the evolution of infectious disease ward design through the ages by case studies. through a historical review of old hospitals and the dos and don’t’s in the sample evaluation of selected infectious disease ward of the current design, findings found the odds in mitigating these infections (including hospital acquired infection (HAI) are just too many and unknown. To date, isolation rooms at each ward discipline are utilised as barrier nursing – to isolate from infection or causing infection in all hospitals. only selected hospitals, due to budget and geography of its occurrence, purposed built wards for infectious disease, were eventually built. In the convergence of the disease in one centre, health status of the staff matters. Innovating balance needs for staff, patient and the extended caregivers (relative), a mixed approach catering all users, were formulated. either as new and as a retrofit, on land or at higher levels, will depend on its physical requirements and placement locality. although outcome is yet to be evaluated the final design is akin to historical moves i.e isolated, landed, ease of access.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Khoo, Boon Teck Sapian, Abdul Razak Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah Md Alwi, Nadiah
author_facet	Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Khoo, Boon Teck Sapian, Abdul Razak Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah Md Alwi, Nadiah
author_sort	Mohd Nawawi, Norwina
title	Evolution of infectious disease ward design in Malaysia : Case study
title_short	Evolution of infectious disease ward design in Malaysia : Case study
title_full	Evolution of infectious disease ward design in Malaysia : Case study
title_fullStr	Evolution of infectious disease ward design in Malaysia : Case study
title_full_unstemmed	Evolution of infectious disease ward design in Malaysia : Case study
title_sort	evolution of infectious disease ward design in malaysia : case study
publishDate	2017
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Evolution of infectious disease ward design in Malaysia : Case study

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