Healthcare water and drainage systems

Healthcare water and drainage systems

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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

Infection prevention and control 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

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Infection prevention and control 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.

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