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    EBD Journal Club

    Restorative Design Features For Hospital Staff Break Areas: A Multi-Method Study
    April 2016 ∘ EBD Journal Club

    Nejati, A., Shepley, M., Rodiek, S., & Lee, C. (2016). Restorative Design Features for Hospital Staff Break Areas: A Multi-Method Study. Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 9(2), 16-35.
    Issue Brief

    Going Quiet: Best Practices
    March 2014 ∘ Issue Brief

    As part of the noise toolbox, in this issue brief you will learn about how excessive noise can negatively impact patients and staff in the hospital environment, ways to improve patients’ perception of sound, and low-cost, medium-cost, and high-cost design strategies that can reduce noise.
    Tool

    Ideas to Reduce Noise
    September 2015 ∘ Tool

    This tool provides healthcare designers and professionals with ideas on how to address the issue of noise in facility design.