COVID-19 Response

Clinicians for Design COVID-19 Response

COVID-19 Front Line Task Force Reports & Tools

CfD gathered front line healthcare experts from top-tier academic medical and subject matter experts to advise on the Reports & Tools developed for the American Institute of Architects.

Our goal is to continually update recommendations to translate emerging knowledge into new design solutions to challenge the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 Task Force Reports & Checklist

COVID-19 Frontline Perspective: Whitepaper & Checklist Tool

Eve A. Edelstein, Ruth Fanning, Anita Honkanen, John Riordan, Diana Anderson, et al.

American Institute of Architects, Washington DC, June 22, 2020.

AIA COVID-19 Task Force Whitepaper & Checklist includes clinicians perspectives on: New design challenges imposed by the novel coronavirus; Value of an alliance of clinical, subject matter, and design experts; Front Line informed checklist for COVID-19 Care Facilities.  The Front Line Working Group of the AIA COVID-19 Task Force was comprised of emergency medicine, intensive care, anesthesia, nursing and hospital administrators, scientists and designers who collaborated to validate new design recommendations. The report and checklist translate institutional reports, publications, and the emerging findings available during the early phase of the COVID-19 (February - April 2020).

“Knowledge of the COVID-19 disease, its pathogenesis, and treatment options are evolving daily, and the dynamic nature of the disease and its management ultimately determine space planning needs and design options.”