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Medical-surgical patient rooms constitute a significant component of a hospital building project, with a large body of research evidence and best practice knowledge for designers to draw upon in order to create a best design that successfully addresses unique issues in the design of each project.
Jun 13, 2019 · This research investigated medical/surgical (Med/Surg) patient room design to accommodate the needs of hospital staff, while at the same time accommodating the needs of patients and their visitors.
- Steven A. Lavender, Carolyn M. Sommerich, Elizabeth B.-N. Sanders, Kevin D. Evans, Jing Li, Radin Za...
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patient room, ergonomics, hospital design and construction, human factors, injury prevention, cross infection, visitors to patients, patient safety In understanding the challenge of designing hos-pital patient rooms, it is useful to consider an illustrative example of one of the many people who enter the room in order to conduct work during their s...
This project investigated how the design of Med/ Surg patient rooms could be improved to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, and ergonomics of hospital staff members and how these design fea-tures affect patients and their visitors. The results from this study exposed many opportunities for improving the design of these spaces and yielded 66 des...
The design process for hospital patient rooms needs to include all occupational groups that will be working in the planned spaces. Patient rooms need to be large enough to accommodate the equipment and working space requirements at the bedside space, while still accommodating the patient’s visitors. The 66 evidence-based design guidelines for Med/S...
The authors would like to thank Richard Davis and Adrian Boysel from the facility planning group at the Ohio State University Wexner Med-ical Center for their input at multiple stages of this project.
The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Supplemental material for this article is available online.
- Steven A. Lavender, Carolyn M. Sommerich, Elizabeth B.-N. Sanders, Kevin D. Evans, Jing Li, Radin Za...
- 2020
Layout-Overall. Efficient delivery of care. Space allotted based on detailed analysis of mobile equipment (such as: intravenous [IV] pumps, medication cart, crash cart, portable lifts, telemedicine equipment) which may be used in the room, and their location.
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Dec 2, 2013 · The inpatient room is arguably the most comprehensively addressed setting in healthcare, with a large body of evidence for designers to draw upon. Yet the “ideal” patient room remains a myth.
Aug 19, 2021 · Our multi-year study aims to better understand how patient room design can increase stability during ambulation, serving as a fall protection strategy for frail and/or elderly patients.
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The guidelines developed through this study identified many opportunities for improving the design of hospital Med/Surg rooms to allow staff to be more effective, efficient, and safer, while at the same time addressing the design needs of patients and their visitors.
