This is a discussion we have been tossing about as we relocate all our maternal-child inpatient services after construction of a new section of the hospital. Infection control is a concern. You don't want children bringing in "their" diseases to the OB unit. Then there is the need to be sure it isn't too easy for ambulatory peds patients to wander off. On the other hand, with small units you can't have too much "dedicated" space that may not always get used. What I have seen done with OB and GYN is having one end of the Unit alwyas OB, the other always GYN and some "swing" rooms in the "buffer" area that can be used for one or the other as needed. Perhaps such a system would work where you are. I would think you would definitely not have OB and Peds truly mixed where OB rooms may alternate with some Peds rooms. Currently our Peds unit is at the end of one of the medical units and the rooms are handled with the "swing room" approach. It is on another floor from OB, but will change when Peds moves into our former GYN area which has moved down the hall to the former OB unit which has moved on the same floor into the new section. There is one concern-that until all the other construction and reloctions are done, Peds will be a potential "walk-through" area-in other words, people will be traversing the area to get from one section to another. Winnie *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html