Construction

Design and planning for renovation and new construction projects includes active participation from Clinical Epidemiology and Infection Prevention. Early involvement in the conceptual phase helps ascertain the risk for susceptible patient location and disruption of essential patient services. In addition, proactive design to mitigate environmental sources of microbes and prevention of infection through architectural design (e.g. hand washing facilities, separation of patients with communicable diseases) as well as specific needs of the population served by the facility.

Listed below are the tools that support this process from the planning phase through completion.

Note: Please note that any other version of these documents other than the ones located on this site are not the most current. Please revisit this page often to obtain the latest versions of the documents below.

• Pre-Infection Control Risk Assessment (PICRA)
  A risk assessment that must be done prior to construction projects that assists in the planning stages.
• Infection Control Matrix
  A tool for determining the risk factors involved in the project.
• Infection Control Guidelines for Construction, Renovation and Service Work
  A systematic approach to the project during the different phases of work.
• Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) Construction Permit 
  (view only, request a permit by contacting Clinical Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, x66115)
  A tool for classifying the work to be done and the precautions that must be taken.

Communication Network Services (CNS) Documents

• CNS Infection Control Construction Permit
• CNS Infection Control Risk Designations