الفهرس 
الملخص العربي
1- خلفية عامة عن انتقال العدوى بالمستشفيات وسبل مكافحتهايوجد فقط 14 صفحة متاحة للعرض العام
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المستخلص
Infection possibility in hospitals’ buildings is a problem in which a lot of hospitals are facing, and negatively affecting medical services delivered inside these hospitals. This has emerged the importance of the study and application of the proper programs and practices required to control infection. The relation between architectural design of the hospital building and the way to control the infection revealed the urgent need to define the role of architectural design in infection control in hospitals. This is the objective of this research, relying on theoretical studies and field surveys (both personal and by questionnaires).
To achieve the objective of the study, the research skeleton consists of two parts: the 1st part is theoretical and contains 6 chapters. The 2nd part is a field survey and contains 2 chapters. The thesis ends with a group of general findings and recommendations.
Chapter One: highlights the phenomenon of infection transfer, the methods of infection, and the different techniques to control it depending on the suitable medical methods. This chapter represents the link between the Architecture aspect and the medical one.
Chapter Two: contains a definition of the proper way to deal with infectious medical wastes as a basic source of infection, through all phases of handling, storing, and final disposal of these wastes outside the hospital building.
Chapter Three: determines the most medical units and departments related to infection transfer, through determining the most dangerous departments caused by the existence possibility of infectious microbes, and determining the departments to be free of contamination. Also defining the basic architectural principles required to control the infection, including general architectural considerations, selection of finishing materials (floors, skirts, walls, and ceilings), specifications of doors, windows, HVAC systems, air pressure differences, electrical installations and lighting units, sanitary installations, and finally the horizontal and vertical service networks.
Chapter Four: defines architectural design considerations for the most departments and units related with the phenomenon of infection transfer in different main parts inside the hospital: (patients and nursing units, special care rooms such as isolation and specific and environmental protection rooms for burn units, and intensive care units among nursing units in hospital. Also in general and highly specific surgery departments, one-day surgery units, digestive system endoscopy, dialysis units, laboratories, out-patient clinics, and emergency units among clinical departments. As well as departments of central sterilization, laundry, and kitchen among auxiliary departments in hospitals. That comes through determining all general functional requirements and architectural design principles of basic components, and design requirements of auxiliary services for each one.
Chapter Five: addresses the relation between contemporary architectural trends and the phenomenon of infection transfer, and the effect of applying these trends on infection control, that includes: Evidence-based design, integrated environmental management, Lean & Six Sigma.