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IN FO C U S
S T R A T E G I C A P P R O A C H E S to D E S I G N C H A L L E N G E S

A NEONATAL intensive care unit (NICU) is more than

a clinical unit in a hospital; it's a first "home" to newborns and a home away from home for parents. To
that end, specific care requirements related to the
fragility of these patients and needs of their families
present design challenges on any project.
Bringing an aging-and fully operational-NICU
into the 21st century adds another degree of complexity, something encountered on the renovation
of the Allison Family NICU at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital's Bridgeport campus in Bridgeport,
Conn. The existing 5,400-square-foot NICU, consisting of three horseshoe-shaped open pods of six
bays each, was designed with all patient rooms on
one side of the unit and staff/support spaces on the
other, making it impossible to renovate one complete side at a time.
With nowhere to temporarily relocate the entire
NICU and a projected census of 14-18 babies expected during the 10-month construction schedule, a multiphase project approach was adopted
for the project that began in March 2017. This allowed the design team to give deserved attention to each renovated space, including providing
privacy for patients and their families, elevating
outdated and deteriorated finishes, and creating
functional and compliant support spaces, while
also maintaining the level of care and comfort that
the unit's users expect.

R E N O VAT I O N S

NEW BEGINNING

A phased schedule and creative logistics plan allowed a NICU
to remain fully operational during its 10-month renovation
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The project was divided into four phases. From the
beginning, the design team, including architecture
firm Shepley Bulfinch (Boston), worked extensively
with NICU staff, contractor Turner Construction
(Shelton, Conn.), and hospital administrators to
develop a phasing and logistics plan that addressed
everyone's goals and expectations. This process was
imperative to ensure no clinical, security, or code
needs were overlooked. The plans were continuously reviewed with the hospital's infection prevention specialists, security team, and the state's
Department of Public Health.
Phase 1: Enabling-The design team began by
setting up the infrastructure required to allow the
NICU to be divided into two parts. The existing
NICU was supplemented with four additional patient rooms in the pediatric unit across the hall to
create temporary NICU pods for seven isolettes.
This allowed the hospital to take half of the existing

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