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The Future of Healthcare Design: Behavioral and Beyond

WebAs defined by the American Medical Association, behavioral health refers to mental health and substance use disorders, life stressors and crises, and stress related physical symptoms.What once was seen as a separate part of the medical field is quickly becoming the standard in terms of patient care and design.

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The Best Healthcare Furniture for Cleanability

WebIn a recent blog post, we introduced an American Society of Health Care Engineering (ASHE) publication titled Using the Health Care Physical Environment to Prevent and Control Infection, written for designers and healthcare professionals alike.. This research initiative created an evidence-based best practice guide to help health care …

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The Easiest Way to keep Microbial Life out of Healthcare Furniture

WebWithin our blog series surrounding the five furniture surface characteristics we have shown that the most important aspects of healthcare furniture includes the following; durability, cleanability, inability to support microbial growth, surface porosity and absence of seams.These characteristics were defined by the American Society of Healthcare …

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Designing durable furniture and equipment with acrylic solid …

WebIn our latest blog post, w e introduced a recent publication from the American Society of Health Care Engineering (ASHE) titled Using the Health Care Physical Environment to Prevent and Control Infection. The result of the collaborative research initiative is an evidence-based best practice guide to help health care organizations …

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Bedside Cabinets Purpose-Built for Healthcare

WebDurability is one of the five recommended characteristics for healthcare furniture created by the American Society of Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) and is defined as the ability to withstand wear, pressure or damage. .. As told by the Continuing Education Center, “We often work within a value-engineering framework that requires balancing …

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Recommended Furniture Characteristics for Healthcare

WebIn a value-driven health care economy, preventing health care-associated infections (HAIs) to promote positive health outcomes is instrumental to providing safe, high-quality care.

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Furniture Purpose-Made for Healthcare

WebNot everything in healthcare needs to be complicated. At Shield, our focus is on creating quality designs with high standards and unique innovations that allow for an ease of use that can be difficult to find with other products.

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SHIELD x The University of Kansas Health System

WebIn 2014, Shield was cited to create products for Cambridge Tower A; an expansion on the main campus of the health system. Designed to be a flexible and adaptable space, furnishing with products that could grow with the facility was a top priority.

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SHIELD x UC San Diego Health

WebIn 2014 UC Davis San Diego Health was looking to update patient rooms in the Jacob's Tower as well as their birthing unit. With the renovation they wanted a material for headwalls that would be timeless and modern while being convenient for staff and creating safety for patients.

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The Most Seamless Material used for Healthcare Furniture

WebWithin our blog series surrounding the five furniture surface characteristics w e have shown that the most important aspects of healthcare furniture includes the following; durability, cleanability, inability to support microbial growth, surface porosity and absence of seams. These characteristics were defined by the American Soci ety of Healthcare …

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Breaking Down Design Assist: The Design-Centric Manufacturing …

WebIdeas are great but getting specific is where the real magic takes place. Within the iteration phase we take initial brainstorming sessions and our in-house design team creates detailed sketches and prototypes to get a …

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The Best Non-Porous Material that Keeps Healthcare Furniture Safe

WebSimply put, surface porosity is how much of a minute space a material may have that allows liquid, air or other bacteria to pass through. When working in a healthcare setting, the ideal material would be one that could block outside substances in order to minimize the passing of healthcare-associated infections (HAI’s), as well as the risk that …

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PPE Storage Purpose-Built for Healthcare

WebPPE Storage Purpose-Built for Healthcare. We’ve got PPE storage that doesn’t suck. The PPE Cabinet takes away the annoyance of storing protective equipment and makes finding what you need a seamless process. We used our classic engineering standards to create a design with acrylic solid surface that has a different storage …

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Bedside Cabinets Purpose-Built for Healing

WebThe sibling of The Bedside Cabinet, The Other Bedside Cabinet offers the same clean aesthetics and functionality with a bit of a curve. If you are looking to add more style and comfort to a patient room we certainly have you covered. We used our classic engineering standards to create a design with acrylic solid surface that has multiple build …

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Shield Headwalls

WebThe Best Healthcare Furniture for CleanabilityIn a recent blog post, we introduced an American Society of Health Care Engineering (ASHE) publication titled Using the Health Care Physical Environment to Prevent and Control Infection, written for designers and healthcare professionals alike.

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