Hospital Safety By Design (HSBD) provides experienced consulting services in the following areas.
Safety
HSBD reviews new hospital plans, including blueprints and documents, for potential safety and ergonomic hazards and infection control compliance.
HSBD provides consulting on compliance with Joint Commission Environment of Care standards and local health care licensing requirements.
HSBD develops safety policies and procedures for new and existing health care facilities.
HSBD provides consulting on developing Facilities policies and procedures including implementing a preventive maintenance program.
Disaster planning
HSBD develops disaster preparedness policies and procedures for new and existing health care facilities. Examples of response programs include:
Planning for patient "surge"events
Loss of utilities events
Natural disaster events
Security related events
Transition planning
HSBD will work with a transition team to develop and provide a safe process for opening a new hospital and ensuring compliance with all safety regulations and accreditation standards. This includes reviewing current environment of care programs and implementing an operational model that will result in the safest environment for providing patient care and a safe place to work.
Sustainability
HSBD provides a menu of services for implementing a business case based environmental sustainability program in a health care organization. Examples of services include:
Auditing all current programs for implementing new sustainability initiatives
Developing new policies and procedures for managing waste diversion
Implementing a "green cleaning" program for Environmental Services