by Editor | Sep 2, 2021 | Clinical, Management
Australia’s favourable overall trends in bowel cancer incidence and mortality are masking an increase in young-onset bowel cancer, an uptick that began in the mid-1990s.[i] [ii] [iii] Although the absolute risk of bowel cancer in adults younger than 50 years is low...
by Editor | Sep 2, 2021 | Management
In the midst of a new outbreak of Covid-19 in New South Wales, it is apt that this edition of Healthcare Spaces focuses on cancer. It is not just elective surgery that is being cancelled due to Covid-19; delays and restrictions during the pandemic also continue to...
by Editor | Jun 2, 2021 | Facilities, Management
David Stoneley, Director of Health Architecture for Australia at global design practice GHD Woodhead, outlines some of challenges in designing healthcare facilities, from an architect’s point of view. Q: What are the biggest challenges when designing healthcare...
by Editor | Jun 2, 2021 | Clinical, Facilities
Dr Surani McCaw, a healthcare consultant and adviser on water sterilisation standards, outlines the critical factors for success when using temperature to control biofilm. The effect of temperature on the control of biofilm is commonly misunderstood due to...
by Editor | Jun 1, 2021 | Facilities, Management
A modular facility providing additional capacity for endoscopy procedures has been installed at the Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane. Finding a solution and implementing it in as short a time as possible – and during an ongoing pandemic – created a major challenge...
