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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.
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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
May 15, 2024 · Ontario hospitals with more than 35 per cent female surgeons and anesthesiologists had better patient outcomes, including fewer deaths, in the following three months after their surgery,...
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...
- 2020
Inpatient Rooms. This set of interactive diagrams include four specific room types: (1) medical-surgical; (2) intensive care unit; (3) maternity care; and (4) behavioral and mental health rooms.
Objectives: 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. Background: Designing hospital patient rooms that provide a comfortable healing experience for patients, while at the same time meeting ...
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