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I N F O CUS
S T R A T E G I C A PPR O A C H E S to D E S I GN C H A L L E N GE S
WHEN IT COMES to flooring for healthcare
facilities, project teams must weigh a variety
of concerns including aesthetics, cost,
durability, and long-term maintenance.
" Flooring is a big concern because in healthcare,
if it fails, it's so disruptive to their
business, " in terms of lost operations and revenue,
says Aiko Tanabe, senior interior designer
in healthcare at Perkins&Will (New York). " We
feel a big responsibility in selecting it. "
Leah Wilkins, project interior designer at
CannonDesign (Buffalo, N.Y.), agrees. " Flooring
is one of the expected materials to last
the longest and probably get the most maintenance, "
she says. And while project teams
are often guided by clients' existing design
standards when choosing styles and color palettes,
she says it's also important to bring new
flooring lines to the mix. " We always try to
offer those ideas to the client, especially with
our interest in providing more sustainable
solutions in healthcare, " she says.
INTERIOR DESIGN
COVERING NEW GROUND
Efforts to address infection control, renovation needs,
and healthcare aesthetics are guiding flooring choices for
healthcare facilities By Anne DiNardo
OPERATIONAL DRIVERS
While maintenance has always been a key
driver in flooring conversations for healthcare
environments, Stephanie Story, principal and
interior design director at Array Architects
(Conshohocken, Pa.), says some health systems
are beginning to look at the topic from an infection
control standpoint, too. " In the past, a lot of
facilities decided to go with a tile product, such
as luxury vinyl tile (LVT), because they wanted
the ability to quickly replace it if a tile got damaged, "
she says.
However, recent data on healthcare-associated
infections (HAIs) and lessons from
the pandemic are driving some health systems
to consider other styles that eliminate
seams. Specifically, some studies show
flooring can harbor pathogens that can
then transfer to patient socks, bed linens,
and other surfaces, as noted in the report,
" Timing and Route of Contamination of
Hospitalized Patient Rooms with Healthcareassociated
Pathogens " published in Infection
Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
" There was always this thought
that a lot of these HAIs weren't
coming through the flooring
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