CONTENTS
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3 Foreword: President 7 IFHE information 8 Directory of contacts
10 IFHE leadership 12 IFHE Congress 2020 Review 15 IFHE Congress 2022 Preview
17 Cover story: Integrated technology in the operating room
21 Climate change mitigation and adaptation
Hospital District of Southwestern Finland’s vision for a roadmap to reduce carbon emissions in the healthcare sector – Leena Setälä
26 COVID’s impact on project management
In a world beyond COVID-19 – project management remains the key to success for many healthcare projects and building work – Daniela Pedrini
31 Guidelines for medical telemetry systems
An overview of new guidelines for the use of medical telemetry systems in Japan – Tetsuo Endo
34 Oxygen monitoring system during pandemic
How supervisory control and data acquisition was used to monitor the real-time oxygen consumption during the COVID pandemic – Petrus Swanepoel
37 Triage and screening of infection control
The design of future facilities, and how infection prevention, control teams and hospital engineers can work closely together – Briëtte du Toit
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Page 43 40 Resilient oxygen systems for healthcare
Ensuring oxygen systems operate reliably during times of average consumption and of a significant demand spike – Sheldon Ferguson
43 Assessing site-wide oxygen flow for hospitals
How oxygen flow in hospitals came under pressure during the pandemic and the importance of system resilience and testing – Anthony Mitten
46 Hospitals during COVID-19: a hard lesson
A new book, Architecture for Emergencies: Experiences, Apprenticeship and Reflections – examines Brazilian health facility projects designed to deal with the pandemic – Fábio Bitencourt
50 Building high complexity rehabilitation centre
The building of a rehabilitation centre in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area will care for patients with motor and cognitive dysfunction – Mariana Irigoyen
55 Noise pollution in healthcare buildings
A case study into noise pollution in a urology ward at Hospital Universitario Gaffree e Guinle in Rio de Janeiro – Kátia Fugazza
59 How does city noise affect hospitals?
Chair of the Mexican Association of Specialized Health Architects presents the findings into noise pollution by a general hospital – Briseyda Márquez
62 Role of nurse call solutions during COVID
How COVID-19 stimulated more sophisticated ways of working and led to recognition of the benefits of advanced nurse call technology – Matt Wakelam
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ISSN 2041-3912 IFHE Digest Advisory Panel
YASUSHI NAGASAWA Dr Eng Dip HFP, JIA Past President of International Federation of Healthcare Engineering (IFHE). He is also a past president of the Japan Institute of Healthcare Architecture (JIHA).
ANDY WAVELL IEng FIHEEM After 40 years in healthcare, Andy is retired. He is involved with both IHEEM and IFHE and is currently the IHEEM representative to the council and joint general secretary of IFHE. He is commissioning editor of the IFHE Digest and a member of IHEEM’s Health Estate Journal subcommittee, with responsibility for international issues, as well as being a member of IHEEM’s international technical platform and membership committees
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