To help hospitals prepare for bioterrorism or epidemics, the Daedalus Project, Alexandria, Va., has developed a "temporary hospital" made of polymer panels that can be constructed in 48 to 72 hours for quarantine and isolation areas.
A 6,000-square-foot, 150-bed prototype of the hospital, called the Emergency Isolation and Treatment System, was set up in a suburban Pittsburgh parking lot last year. The project was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Allegheny County Bureau of Emergency Services.
AT&T Government Solutions, Vienna, Va., installed a communications system; StageRight, Clare, Mich., supplied adjustable flooring; Aggreko, New Iberia, La., put in MEP systems; and CDI Medical Systems, Frederick, Md., provided med supplies.
The prototype was a smaller version of the 500-bed model Daedalus wants to sell.
This article first appeared in the January 2004 issue of HFM.
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