What is an infection control risk assessment for hospital works?
It is a structured assessment, made before work starts, of how construction dust, water and air disturbance could spread infection to patients. The infection prevention and control team works with the project and facility managers to define the scope, identify at-risk patient groups and their location, assess impacts on ventilation, and plan containment, traffic routes, monitoring and cleaning. Works close with a builders clean, a terminal clean and an infection control inspection before barriers come down.
From the RRD Field Guide, checked against the sources cited in Working in Live Premises: Construction in Occupied Offices, Malls, Fabs, Hospitals and Places of Worship. General information, not advice for your project.
The fuller picture
Construction in occupied premises in Singapore is controlled less by one statute than by layered duties: the WSH Act duty to protect everyone on the premises, landlord and MCST house rules on hours and permits, fire safety management for hot works and alarm isolation, licensed electrical and plumbing workers for shutdowns, and sector standards such as ISO 14644 cleanroom classes or hospital infection control risk assessments.
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