Work on a $65-million expansion and renovation of the emergency department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital is on track for completion in early 2022, but later phases are not likely to be as harrowing as the recently completed first phase—built at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A member of ASHRAE’s epidemic task force has launched an initiative to set up independent, peer-reviewed testing of indoor air-treatment systems for their efficacy against viruses and for any negative impacts on indoor air quality.
A path to better hospital design exists not just from lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, but from the hospitals that performed better thanks to changes made during the last public health crisis.