Dive Brief:
Appleton, Wisconsin-based contractor The Boldt Co. has installed its first modular unit in the Southeast U.S. to provide inpatient care for COVID-19 and other critically ill patients at Northside Hospital Gwinnett near Atlanta.
Containing 71 patient rooms and support space, the 46,983-square-foot STAAT Mod unit was designed, fabricated, assembled on site, connected to hospital infrastructure and ready for patients in four months.
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STAAT Mod system is engineered to hospital-grade standards and easily flexes to provide traditional inpatient capacity or critical care, according to a press statement. The units can be operated with or without airborne infection isolation rooms that provide increased safety for both patients and caregivers, Boldt said.