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This subwaiting area at Houston Methodist Hospital outpatient center uses a hybrid application of soft- and hard-surface flooring to handle noise and traffic loads. | Photo provided by WHR Architects/© Aker Imaging, Houston
This high-traffic waiting room at Baylor College of Medicine specialty care center in Houston uses high-density, modular flooring materials to allow for prompt removal and replacement. | Photo provided by WHR Architects/© Aker Imaging, Houston
Pediatric rooms at the Ocean Medical Center emergency department in Brick, N.J., feature work surfaces that can accommodate facility cleaning protocols for horizontal and vertical high-touch elements. | Photo provided by WHR Architects/© Jeffrey Totaro, 2014
The infusion area at Comanche County Memorial Hospital cancer center in Lawton, Okla., uses materials that are set at various ergonomic heights and can handle exposure to water around sinks and backsplashes. | Photo provided by WHR Architects/© Aker Imaging, Houston
This operating suite at Houston Methodist Hospital outpatient center uses paint to reduce the incidence of glare and visual discomfort as well as a resinous, fluid-applied flooring with an integral wall base for cleanability. | Photo provided by WHR Architects/© Aker Imaging, Houston