HEALTHCARE SETTINGS: SAFETY AND HEALTH FOR PATIENTS AND HEALTH WORKERS

This book is an international view of the issues related to the safety and

health of which the spaces for the provision of health services have as

an intrinsic responsibility.

Here we can observe works carried out by representatives of healthcare

architecture and engineering from Argentina, Colombia, Italy, Japan,

Spain, the United States of America, in addition to important Brazilian

authors. Diff erent looks and refl ections on multiple approaches of equally

diverse interests of hospitals from all over the world.

In this practical and accessible book, we present some contributions

concerning the theme of Hospital and Healthcare Environment for Patient

and Worker Safety with new contributions to security and risk reduction

in healthcare environments.