Building Safer Hospitals From built-environment risk to infection-prevention action

Aired on 30th September 2026 

 This webinar was hosted as part of the MACE Consult Health CPD Network

The built environment is a clinical safety system.

Water and wastewater systems, ventilation, drainage, materials, maintenance access and clinical workflows can all create or reduce infection risk —healthcare buildings are not neutral backdrops to care.

BEIPI, the Healthcare Infection Society’s Built Environment Infection Prevention Initiative, brings infection prevention, estates, design, engineering and clinical teams together, from earliest design through to day-to-day operation. This session sets out practical ways to influence safer hospital design and operational resilience.

Agenda

• Why hospital infrastructure is critical to combat infections & antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

• Water, wastewater, ventilation and design risk

• Embedding IPC in capital projects and refurbishment

• BEIPI priorities and opportunities for NHS partners

• Discussion and Q&A

Speakers

• Dr Manjula Meda, Consultant Clinical Microbiologist & Infection Prevention Doctor - Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Chair - Healthcare Infection Society

• Rachelle McDade, Director of Healthcare Planning, Currie & Brown