Physical Environment: The Major Determinant Towards the Creation of a Healing Environment?
2011
Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences
Journal Article
Volume 30
Pages 1951-1958
Author(s): Abbas, M. Y., Ghazali, R.,
Prior research suggests that the pediatric population’s heightened perception of the quality of the physical environment can have an impact on the creation of a healing environment.
Added April 2014
Quality Physical Environment in Paediatric Wards: Designer’s Creation Versus Users’ Satisfaction
2012
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Journal Article
Author(s): Ghazali, R., Abbas, M. Y.
Prior research has revealed that an optimal healing environment can enhance a child’s quality of life by supporting the healing process. However, little has been done to identify specific design features within an optimal healing environment that either impede or aid the healing process.
Added April 2014
Nurses’ Perception of Single-Occupancy Versus Multioccupancy Rooms in Acute Care Environments: An Exploratory Comparative Assessment
2006
Applied Nursing Research
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 19
Pages 118-125
Author(s): Chaudhury, H., Mahmood, A., Valente, M.
As people are living longer and the baby boomers age, the demand for hospital beds will increase. As new facilities are built to handle this influx of patients, the challenge for hospital designers and administrators is to design patient rooms that promote therapeutic goals, foster positive patient outcomes, and function as intensive care rooms. Recent research suggests that single-occupancy rooms are more suitable for infection control and patient care than multioccupancy rooms. However, no research has been done about nursing staff members’ perception of single-occupancy and multioccupancy patient rooms in acute care settings as it relates to patient care.
Added April 2014
Noise Levels in an Urban Hospital and Workers' Subjective Responses
1995
Archives of Environmental Health
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 50
Pages 247-251
Author(s): Bayo, M. V., Garcia, A. M., Armando, G.
Noise has become a major environmental problem as well as a public health concern, resulting in a wide range of negative consequences. Despite healthcare facilities’ attempts to foster favorable environments to assist in patient recovery and staff working conditions, noise levels are often higher than desirable in and around hospitals. There is a need to identify the main noisy areas and noise sources and evaluate the hospital staff’s reactions to noise.
Added April 2014
Medical Gas Cylinder and Bulk Tank Storage
2012
American Society for Healthcare Engineering
Monograph
Author(s): McLaughlin, S., Dagenais, D.
There are particular requirements for storing medical gas cylinders as well as requirements for bulk tank storage in healthcare settings; these regulatory requirements exist specifically for cylinders that are not in use. In use refers to cylinders being used by a patient, or attached to equipment and ready for immediate use, or located in patient rooms about to be used. Requirements vary depending on the total amount of cubic feet of gas needing to be stored, with the most stringent regulations for more than 3,000 cubic feet of gas, less stringent requirements for 300-3,000 cubic feet of gas, and the least stringent requirements for less than 300 cubic feet of gas. These requirements are in place to reduce the risk of accident and injury.
Added March 2014
Effect of ultraviolet germicidal lights installed in office ventilation systems on workers' health and well-being: Double-blind, multiple crossover trial
2003
The Lancet
Journal Article
Issue 9398
Volume 362
Pages 1785-1790
Author(s): Menzies, D., Popa, J., Hanley, J.A., Rand, T., Milton, D. K.
Most commercial buildings in North America are mechanically ventilated with sealed exterior shells. In this type of highly automatically controlled indoor environment, microbial contamination of the HVAC system often contributes to building-related illness and symptoms in building occupants, such as outbreaks of rhinitis, humidifier fever, asthma, hypersensitivity problems, and so on. Contamination of bacteria, fungi, and protozoa has been found on various parts of HVAC systems such as air cooling units, cooling coils, and drip pans.
Added October 2012
Effect of Environmental Design on Reducing Nursing and Medication Errors in Acute Care Settings
Author(s): Mahmood, A. , Habib, C.
Added October 2012
Designing for Patient Safety: Developing Methods to Integrate Patient Safety Concerns in the Design Process
Author(s): Joseph, A., Taylor, E. M. , Quan, X., Jelen, M.
Added October 2012
Critical Issues in Healthcare Environments
Author(s): Cohen, Uriel , Allison, David
Added October 2012
Outdoor air ventilation and work-related symptoms in US office buildings - results from the base study
Author(s): Mendell, M.J., Lei, Q., Apte, M.G., Fisk, W.J.
Added October 2012
The architectural healthcare environment and its effects on patient health outcomes: A report on an NHS estates funded research project
Author(s): Lawson, B.R., Phiri, M.
Added October 2012
The Effect of Environmental Design on Reducing Nursing and Medication Errors in Acute Care Settings
2007
The Center for Health Design CHER
Report
Author(s): Chaudhury, H.P., Mahmood, A.P.
Added October 2012
Building the evidence base for evidence-based design: Editors' introduction
2008
Environment and Behavior
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 40
Pages 147-150
Author(s): Zimring, C., Bosch, S.
Added October 2012
Why did outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome occur in some hospital wards but not in others?
2007
Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication Of The Infectious Diseases Society Of America
Journal Article
Issue 8
Volume 44
Pages 1017-1025
Author(s): Yu, I.T., Xie, Z.H., Tsoi, K.K., Chiu, Y.L., Lok, S.W., Tang, X.P., Hui, D.S., Lee, N., Li, Y.M., Huang, Z.T., Liu, T., Wong, T.W., Zhong, N.S., Sung, J.J.
Added October 2012
Is Natural Ventilation a Useful Tool to Prevent the Airborne Spread of TB?
2007
PloS Medicine
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 4
Pages e77-e77
Author(s): Wilson, P.
Added October 2012
An outbreak of Serratia marcescens infection in a special-care baby unit of a community hospital in United Arab Emirates: the importance of the air conditioner duct as a nosocomial reservoir
2002
Journal of hospital infection
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 52
Pages 175-80
Author(s): Uduman, S.A., Farrukh, A.S., Nath, K.N., Zuhair, M.Y., Ifrah, A., Khawla, A.D., Sunita, P.
Added October 2012
Controlled trial of naturalistic dawn simulation and negative air ionization for seasonal affective disorder
2006
American Journal of Psychiatry
Journal Article
Issue 12
Volume 163
Pages 2126-2133
Author(s): Terman, M., Terman, J.S.
Added October 2012
Fungal endophthalmitis caused by Paecilomyces variotii following cataract surgery: a presumed operating room air-conditioning system contamination
2004
Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 82
Pages 232-235
Author(s): Tarkkanen, A., Raivio, V., Anttila, V.J., Tommila, P., Ralli, R., Merenmies, L., Immonen, I.
Added October 2012
A determination of healthcare worker exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in two Californian hospitals
2002
Journal of Hospital Infection
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 51
Pages 281-287
Author(s): Sutton, P.M., Mossman, M., Reinisch, F., Harrison, R.J.
Added October 2012
In with the good air
2002
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
Journal Article
Issue 9
Volume 23
Pages 488-90
Author(s): Streifel, A.J.
Added October 2012
