Purpose‐built national burns center: The Israeli experience

Abstract

The opening of the National Burns Center (NBC) in Sheba Medical Center (SMC) in 2014 was a keystone point in the development of specialized burns trauma services for Israel to ensure burn care and disaster planning at international standards. The NBC is a purpose-built, level 1 burns trauma center that receives patients from Israel, Gaza, West Bank, and abroad. Hosting six intensive care and four step-down burns beds, the center serves as a referral center for patients in other health-care facilities with indication for hospitalization. In the present study, we describe the planning, design, and organization of the NBC at the SMC with reference to some of the key areas and considerations in its conception and development. With the improved survival rates of patients with extensive burns and the demographics and characteristics among burn-injury patients in Israel, the NBC has the capacity to be the center of excellence in burns care, teaching, and research within the Middle East.

Spatial infection control in burn center organization: a burn center design experience for evidence-based architecture

“…In reviewing the publications about burn treatments and patients over the past few decades, it was noted that the majority of the publications were concerned with infection control in the patients (Ayliffe, 1991; Tredget et al 1992; McManus et al , 1994; Bobrow and Thomas, 2000; Bayat et al , 2003; Muto et al , 2003; Ulrich et al , 2004; Rafla and Tredget, 2011; Cengiz, 2013; Bache et al , 2015; Issler-Fisher et al , 2016; Dash et al 2017; Ofir et al , 2018; Palmieri, 2019; Gus et al , 2021; Koyro et al , 2021; Chemali et al , 2021). The literature contains evidence-based studies on burn patients, such as the treatment method applied in burn centers in terms of annual numbers of patients and mortality rates.…”