IFHE 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONGRESS
management for a new trauma centre, and a high isolation hospital cluster. “Today’s technologically advanced world impacts on the healthcare sphere as in every other aspect of life, and topics including robotic problem-solving, the benefits of digitisation, energy efficiency in healthcare, and light for health and wellness, were explored in an ‘Advanced technologies’ conference section. There was also an in-depth look at optimising the design solution for surplus heating and cooling, at a retrofitted energy recovery system for air-handling units in a hospital building, and at the ‘trade-off’ between energy reduction, cost, and innovation, in healthcare in a changing climate.”
Creating optimal maternity settings Also among the very varied Congress content were presentations on creating practical maternity settings, efficient and discreet logistics – with a look at the use and benefits of automatic guided vehicles, and enhancing electrical resilience in healthcare facilities. Daniela Pedrini said: “Risk management is a continuous and proactive process that must be embedded within the culture of an organisation through a targeted policy by its managers, who assign specific responsibilities and appropriate roles. Case studies from Argentina on this topic provided interesting insights, as did a focus on the role of hospital engineers in disaster prevention. The role of healthcare estates and facilities managers in overseeing the financial, technical, and administrative aspects of maintaining a fit-for-purpose estate were examined, and participants discussed harnessing digitisation for healthcare,
Douwe Kiestra presenting on ‘The use of technologies and how they contribute to a better environment for prevention, care, and cure for health, but does it make the elderly patients happier?’
with case studies and best practice examples, and a look at BIM tools and methodologies.
Infection prevention and control “The basic goal of infection prevention and control is to protect both patients and healthcare personnel from infection. On this theme, we discussed severe disease and the respiratory challenges associated with the influenza A virus, with a separate look at fully automated
instrument sterilisation. There were also presentations on ventilation and contamination control, and on a comprehensive system for preventing the growth and spread of Legionella in a hospital.”
Keynote lectures focused on themes including: n ‘COVID & technologies: A new digital era is coming’ – Mauro Grigioni, of the National Center for Public Health Innovative Technology (HIT).
Daniela Pedrini, Nicoletta Gandolfi, and Gunnar Baekken, at the Awards Ceremony and celebration of the IFHE’s 50th anniversary.
Congratulations to the award-winners
The Congress central theme of ‘Global Climate Action’ focused on ‘a new advanced vision of professional aspects, such as planning and design of health facilities, organisation and management, advanced technologies, risk management, sustainability, and resilience, as well as the hospital environment in relation to climate change’. The awards criteria, and the winners, were as follows: The IFHE International Building Award 2020 recognises the importance of the design of healthcare facilities, including residential care homes and other supported living care environments. Winner: Steven Coppens of VK Architects & Engineers, for a project at Sint Maarten General Hospital in Mechelen in Belgium. The judges said: ‘Excellent - A great sustainable design with all the design aspects for a wellbeing hospital. With a very compact construction, the buildings have a lot of natural light and views, and very qualified spaces for patients and staff. Healing enviroment, great context integration.’ The IFHE International 2020 - Climate Change and Sustainability of Healthcare Award recognises projects – including documents, research (in progress or completed), and studies – aimed at increasing awareness of the climate
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change challenge, and the pressures/risks to health facilities and communities. Winner: Paolo Bianco, Azienda USL, Romagna, Italy, for ‘The Sustainability Action Plan of AUSL Romagna, Local Health Agency Hospitals and Homecare sections’. The judges said: ‘A wide-ranging project, spreading over a large area, involving all the architectural and plant components of healthcare buildings with innovative choices, also taking into account mobility, with important effects on energy saving.”
The IFHE International 2020 Student Competition Award, themed ‘Healthcare Engineering – Global Climate Action and Energy Requirements’ – recognises young people who demonstrate a commitment to health design innovation through design strategies, improving best practices and the enhancement of green areas for health benefits. Winner: Alice Zaffarana, for her project, ‘Bee at Home: a Modular Prefabricated Community Healthcare Centre’, which ‘proposes an advanced strategic vision with the aim of providing tools for the evolution of hospitals in developing countries, with the use of limited resources, and with an eye towards environmental sustainability’.
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