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.