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Healthcare water and drainage systems
The NES Healthcare built environment team in collaboration with ARHAI Scotland have developed a series of animations on Healthcare water and drainage systems.
This animation was developed to support a specific target audience comprising of:
- Healthcare water system designers
- Construction teams
- Water engineers
- Plumbers/Installers
- Board estates teams
- Board construction project teams
- IPC teams (ICN/ICM/ICD)
NES and ARHAI would like to acknowledge and give special thanks to our subject matter experts colleagues from NHS Scotland Assure and NHS Scotland Boards for their support in the development of these animations.
Education resources
HBE Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) risks related to the design and construction of domestic water and above ground drainage systems.
The first animation in the series provides an introduction and aims to:
- Improve knowledge of healthcare domestic water and above ground drainage systems
- Recognise the IPC risks associated with a healthcare water and drainage system
- Understand the health impact of the design risks on patients, visitors, staff and the wider community
- Recognise how and why these IPC risks commence during the design phase
HBE Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) design considerations of healthcare domestic water and above ground drainage.
The second animation in the series considers the design phase of water and drainage systems and aims to:
- Improve knowledge of the design of healthcare domestic water and above ground drainage systems
- Recognise the IPC risks associated with a healthcare water and drainage system and why these IPC risks commence during the design phase
- Understand how these risks can be mitigated
- Understand the health impact of the design risks on patients, visitors, staff and the wider community
- Note specific guidance in relation to design of healthcare water systems and signpost to this guidance.