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What is Facilities Guideline Institute?
FGI stands for:
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What is Ventilation of Health Care Facilities?
ASHRAE 170 relates to:
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What is 40" wide by 96" long?
(what is Minimum rectangular dimensions for planing minimum clearances around beds?)
Bed Size:
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Where is the end of the FGI.
where to find ASHRAE 170 in the office:
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What is a Clinical Sink?
A flushing-rim sink or “hopper” used for disposal of blood or body fluids (e.g., bedpan washing, drainage of suction canisters). This is different from a hand-washing sink or an instrument-cleaning sink (single- or double-sink type).
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What is positive?
Pressure relationship to adjacent area, Newborn intensive care unit:
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What is ICRA?
(Infection Control Risk Assessment)
A multidisciplinary organizational process that focuses on reducing risk from infection throughout facility planing, design, and construction (including renovation) activities.
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What is negative?
Pressure relationship to adjacent area, inpatient toilet room:
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What is Interventional Imaging?
Therapeutic procedures that require radiographic visualization
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What is negative?
What is Airborne Isolation Infection?
Pressure relationship to adjacent area, A I I room?
(A.I.I. = ?) |
What is Invasive Procedure?
A procedure that:
Penetrates the protective surfaces of a patient’s body (e.g., skin, mucous membranes, cornea). Is performed in an aseptic surgical field (i.e., a procedure site). Generally requires entry into a body cavity. May involve insertion of an indwelling foreign body. |
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