all-scenarios facility, designed to handle, for example, a huge influx of contaminated patients from a terrorist attack. The emergency department can accommodate 220 patients in 24 hours, a figure that can easily double in emergency situations. ER One is capable of managing chemical, biological, explosive, and radiological catastrophes. Additionally, ER One is a research facility, not just for doing research in the traditional hospital research sense, but as a prototype hospital, in order to research the very design of hospitals. Design elements include mass decontamination, surge capacity, and preparedness for other emergencies such as an outbreak of bird flu. The emergency department (ED) has added a lab located in the ED to expedite blood tests, ten large examination rooms that will hold three patients each, negative pressure capability to prevent potentially contagious air from escaping an examination room, and sterilization using vaporized hydrogen peroxide. AMALGA The Washington Hospital Center's homegrown Azyxxi healthcare software was purchased by Microsoft in July 2006. References External links MedStar Health Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Teaching hospitals in Washington, D.C. Hospital buildings completed in 1958 Hospitals established in 1958 1958 establishments in Washington, D.C. Georgetown University Medical Center Trauma centers