Back in January 2011, I wrote in this column about hospital-acquired infection based on my introduction to this serious problem and my participating as a steering committee member for the Hospital Associated Infection Organization (HAIO).
Along with volunteering to participate in the HAIO, I have learned a lot more about hospital HVAC design considerations, as well as routine hospital activities associated with patient care. This year, I have partnered up with Dr. Stephanie Taylor, Taylor Healthcare Commissioning, Inc., to pursue a new business venture focused more specifically on the patient’s environment through third-party commissioning of infection control. The thinking is that we should be more aggressively pursuing infection control (IC) in sync with HVAC design engineering, startup, commissioning, building automation, and maintenance to the same level as the pharmaceutical industry achieved their clean room compliance.