Infection control: the environment and service organisation
2005
Nursing Standard (Royal College Of Nursing (Great Britain): 1987)
Journal Article
Issue 5
Volume 20
Pages 57
Author(s): Gould, Dinah J
Added October 2014
The Effect of Environmental Design on Reducing Nursing Errors and Increasing Efficiency in Acute Care Settings: A Review and Analysis of the Literature
2009
Environment and Behavior
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 41
Pages 755-786
Author(s): Chaudhury, H., Mahmood, A., Valente, M.
In acute care settings, the physical environment plays an important role in staff efficiency and patient safety. Some research suggests that poor environments can result in staff stress, anxiety, and distractions due to noise; artificial lighting; improper or inadequate ventilation; and disorienting layouts of nursing units. There is less research on how environmental factors affect nursing staff health, effectiveness, errors, and job satisfaction.
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
Case study on construction infection control: Active Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit, Health Sciences Centre -- Winnipeg, MB
2005
Canadian Journal of Infection Control
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 20
Pages 96-97
Author(s): D'Angiolo, V.
Added October 2012
Standard principles for preventing and controlling infection
2006
Nursing Standard
Journal Article
Issue 23
Volume 20
Pages 57
Author(s): Chalmers, C., Straub, M.
Added October 2012
Toward Further Reducing Wound Infections in Cardiac Operations
1996
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 62
Pages 1783-1789
Author(s): Brown Jr, I.W., Moor, G.F., Hummel, B.W., Marshall Jr, W.G., Collins, J.P.
Added October 2012
An outbreak of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis in a London teaching hospital
1998
Journal of Hospital Infection
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 39
Pages 111-117
Author(s): Breathnach, A.S., de Ruiter, A., Holdsworth, G.M.C., Bateman, N.T., O'Sullivan, D.G.M., Rees, P.J., Snashall, D., Milburn, H.J., Peters, B.S., Watson, J., Drobniewski, F.A., French, G.L.
Added October 2012