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For the 2018 FGI
Guidelines revision cycle, a number of topic groups are being put together to consider how particular issues are addressed across the
Guidelines documents: Hospital, Outpatient, and Residential.
We would love to hear from you if you would like to participate in identifying the baseline requirements for addressing the following issues in health care and residential care physical environments:
- Bariatric accommodations - physical environment support for safe provision of care to this population
- Emergency preparedness - physical environment considerations to support a health care organization's readiness to respond in an emergency
- "Geriatric" accommodations - design responses to support the needs of those with reduced mobility and other special needs in all health care and residential care facilities
- Technology - design responses to the continually changing needs of modern technology, both clinical and administrative
- Security - appropriate physical environment features to support a facility's security program
- Sustainability - baseline requirements for design and construction
Please send an e-mail indicating your interest and expertise to me at pamela@fgiguidelines.org.
More details about the 2018 FGI
Guidelines revision cycle are available on the FGI website:
www.fgigudelines.org. -------------------------------------------
Pamela Blumgart
Managing Editor
Facility Guidelines Institute
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