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No more mazes: Research about design for wayfinding in hospitals

Author(s): Carpman, J.R., Grant, M., Simmons, D.
Added October 2012

The Evaluation of an Environmental Remodeling Program on a Psychiatric Geriatric Ward

Author(s): Stahler, G.J., Frazer, D., Rappaport, H.
Added October 2012

Protected environments are discomforting and expensive and do not offer meaningful protection

Author(s): Armstrong, D.
Added October 2012

Sensory overload and noise in the ICU: Sources of environmental stress

Author(s): Baker, C.F.
Added October 2012

Effect of an automated bedside dispensing machine on medication errors

Author(s): Barker, K., Pearson, R., Helper, C., Smith, W., Pappas, C.
Added October 2012

Noise levels in a hospital

Author(s): Bovenzi, M., Collareta, A.
Added October 2012

Wayfinding in the hospital environment: The impact of various floor numbering alternatives

Author(s): Carpman, J.R., Grant, M., Simmons, D.
Added October 2012

Postoperative Wound Infections Following Cardiac Surgery: Significance of Contaminated Cases Performed in the Preceding 48 Hours

Author(s): deSilva, M.I., Rissing, J.P.
Added October 2012

The sick building syndrome: prevalence studies

Author(s): Finnegan, M.J., Pickering, C., Burge, P.S.
Added October 2012

Comparison of contemplation and hypnosis for the reduction of anxiety and discomfort during dental surgery

Author(s): Katcher, A., Segal, H., Beck, A.
Added October 2012

The placement and misplacement of you-are-here maps.

Author(s): Levine, M., Marchon, I., Hanley, G.
Added October 2012

Infection and sepsis after operations for total hip or knee-joint replacement: influence of ultraclean air, prophylactic antibiotics and other factors

Author(s): Lidwell, O.M., Lowbury, E.J., Whyte, W., Blowers, R., Stanley, S.J., Lowe, D.
Added October 2012

Personal Needs of Family Members of Critically Ill Patients With and Without Acute Brain Injury.

Author(s): Mathis, M.
Added October 2012

Information and environmental stress: Report of a Hospital Intervention

Author(s): Nelson-Shulman, Y.
Added October 2012

View Through a Window May Influence Recovery from Surgery

Author(s): Ulrich, R.S.
Examined records on recovery after cholecystectomy of 46 patients admitted to a suburban hospital between 1972 and 1981 to determine whether assignment to a room with a window view of a natural setting might have restorative influences. Ss were matched in pairs according to sex, age, smoking or nonsmoking status, obese or normal weight status, year of surgery, and floor level (2nd or 3rd). Data...
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Added October 2012

ICU visiting policies

Author(s): Youngner, S.J., Coulton, C., Welton, R., Juknialis, B., Jackson, D.L.
Added October 2012

Wayfinding in the hospital environment : a design analysis

Author(s): Drinkard, J.L.
Added October 2012

Objective and subjective evaluation of psychiatric ward redesign

Author(s): Whitehead, C. C., Polsky, R. H., Crookshank, C., Fik, E.
At the time of this study, relatively little research had been done to explore the potential benefits of incorporating architectural designs geared specifically towards improved patient well-being in psychiatric treatment environments. A “psychoenvironmental” model incorporating therapeutic architectural designs into psychiatric healthcare environments was developed before the publication of this study; however, this particular model had not yet been examined empirically.
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Added August 2018