PART 1

What is the “new reality” in healthcare that has arisen due to the pandemic and how has it affected the healthcare design and architecture professions? Cheryl’s special guest on part 1 of today’s episode is Barbara Dellinger, Director of Design and Research at Adventist HealthCare.

Barbara sheds light on the complex topic of current furniture and fabric specification around COVID. What is the CFFA 201 Healthcare Testing for Durable Coated Fabrics (DCF) and where does a healthcare designer begin to find best practices and current, reputable information on the subject? Barbara generously answers these questions and so much more on the changing face of healthcare design on today’s episode of the Healthcare Interior Design 2.0 podcast!

Learn more about Barbara Dellinger by visiting: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-dellinger-9697b613/

Learn more about Adventist Healthcare by visiting: https://www.adventisthealthcare.com/ .

Read the presentation from the 2021 HCD (Healthcare Design Conference) – The More You Know: Reduce Failures by Understanding Performance Requirements for Healthcare Durable Coated Fabrics and Surface Materials:

https://aahid.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/durable-coated-fabrics-ppt-2021-hcd.pdf

In Part 1 of Cheryl’s conversation with Barbara Dellinger, they discuss:

• How has Barbara seen the patient experience change over the years?
• The importance of evidence-based design (EBD) as seen through the eyes of an interior designer.
• What makes a healing environment and what are some of Barbara’s favorite healing spaces?
• What is the “new reality” and how does it relate to furniture and fabric specification around COVID?
• What is the CFFA 201 healthcare testing for durable coated fabrics (DCF) and what does this mean for healthcare?
• What is the Durable Coated Fabrics Task Group and what is Barbara’s involvement with this group?
• Barbara discusses her work with the AAHID – The American Association of Healthcare Interior Designers.
• What is EDAC and Barbara’s relationship with The Center for Health Design who offer the EDAC Certification?

On Part 2 of today’s episode, “What Would Barbara Do?” Lauren Banas, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Krug, a multi award winning furniture manufacturer of innovative commercial and healthcare solutions, is in the host seat!  Lauren continues Cheryl’s conversation with Barbara Dellinger by asking her several specific questions about current furniture and fabric specification requirements.

The “What Would Barbara Do” segment of the podcast is a light hearted discussion about a very complex topic. Barbara answers questions that have been on the minds of healthcare design professionals continuously since the pandemic began in the US in 2020. Part 2 of today’s episode “What Would Barbara Do?” is available now.

The world is changing quickly. The Center for Health Design is committed to providing the healthcare design and senior living design industries with the latest research, best practices and innovations. The Center can help you solve today’s biggest healthcare challenges and make a difference in care, safety, medical outcomes, and the bottom line.  Find out more at healthdesign.org.

Additional support for this podcast comes from our industry partners:

• The American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers

• The Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design

Learn more about how to become a Certified Healthcare Interior Designer®  by visiting the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers at: https://aahid.org/.

Connect to a community interested in supporting clinician involvement in design and construction of the built environment by visiting The Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design at https://www.nursingihd.com/

PART 2

On Part 2 of today’s episode, “What Would Barbara Do?”  Lauren Banas, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Krug, a multi award winning furniture manufacturer of innovative commercial and healthcare solutions, is in the host seat!  Lauren continues Cheryl’s conversation with Barbara Dellinger from part 1 of today’s episode by asking her several specific questions about current furniture and fabric specification requirements.

“What Would Barbara Do?” is a light hearted discussion about a very complex topic and answers questions that have been on the minds of healthcare design professionals continuously since the pandemic began in the United States in 2020.

Learn more about the Chemical Fabrics and Film Association by visiting:  https://www.chemicalfabricsandfilm.com/.

Learn more about Evidence Based Design  and The Knowledge Repository by visiting The Center for Health Design at https://www.healthdesign.org/.

Read the presentation from the 2021 HCD (Healthcare Design Conference)

– The More You Know: Reduce Failures by Understanding Performance Requirements for Healthcare Durable Coated Fabrics and Surface Materials: https://aahid.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/durable-coated-fabrics-ppt-2021-hcd.pdf

In Part 2 of Lauren’s conversation with Barbara Dellinger, they discuss:

• Why is Barbara Dellinger Lauren’s favorite “go to person” when faced with a concern about fabrics for healthcare environments?

• Vinyl in the past has been abandoned by manufacturers. Is it back?

• Is durability more important than sustainability?

• What happens when fabrics puddle and wrinkle?

• Is there any way for designers to know which fabrics will succeed and which ones will fail?

• Are woven fabrics ever acceptable?

• Why is chair construction so important?

• What are the current trends – solid surface vs. laminate, wood vs. metal?

• What does Barbara consider to be the minimal rate rating acceptable when specifying lounge seating in healthcare environments?

• Who are the Chemical Fabrics and Film Association, and why are they such a great resource for designers?

Krug Healthcare Solutions is a multi-Nightingale award-winning furniture manufacturer. Krug has been recognized as a leader in the healthcare furnishings marketplace by senior healthcare designers and top healthcare facilities throughout North America. Krug is committed to developing outstanding product solutions that are beautiful, highly functional, sustainable, and deliver outstanding value. Krug takes an evidence-based, person-centered approach to all aspects of product design. Their comprehensive offering includes a variety of options for common areas, patient spaces, and administrative zones. Krug’s environmental commitment is strong. They continuously work to incorporate environmental sustainability in all business practices and manufacturing processes. For more information about Krug Healthcare Solutions, please visit their website at www.krug.ca.

The world is changing quickly. The Center for Health Design is committed to providing the healthcare design and senior living design industries with the latest research, best practices and innovations. The Center can help you solve today’s biggest healthcare challenges and make a difference in care, safety, medical outcomes, and the bottom line.  Find out more at healthdesign.org.

Additional support for this podcast comes from our industry partners:

• The American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers

• The Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design

Learn more about how to become a Certified Healthcare Interior Designer®  by visiting the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers at: https://aahid.org/.

Connect to a community interested in supporting clinician involvement in design and construction of the built environment by visiting The Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design at https://www.nursingihd.com/

Thank you for listening to today’s episode of Healthcare Interior Design 2.0. If you enjoyed any part of Cheryl and Lauren’s conversation today with Barbara Dellinger, please help our podcast grow by spreading the good word on social media and with your online community. Stay safe and be well. For the full roster of shows, visit http://healthcareidpodcast.com.