Interim sound and vibration design guidelines for hospitals and healthcare facilities
Author(s): Joint Subcommittee on Speech Privacy of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) (Technical Committees for Architectural Acoustics and Noise), Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE), (NCAC), N.C.o.A.C.
Added October 2012
Noise and hospital stay
1976
American Journal of Public Health
Journal Article
Issue 7
Volume 66
Pages 680-1
Author(s): Fife, D., Rappaport, E.
Added October 2012
Noise in the ED
2005
American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 23
Pages 332-335
Author(s): Tijunelis, M.A., Fitzsullivan, E., Henderson, S.O.
Added October 2012
Noise in the ICU
1993
Intensive Care Medicine
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 19
Pages 343-6
Author(s): Balogh, D., Kittinger, E., Benzer, A., Hackl, J.M.
Added October 2012
What about noise?
2002
The Center for Health Design
Report
Author(s): Stanley, K.
Added October 2012
Operating room noise
1990
Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
Journal Article
Issue 4 Pt 2
Volume 37
Pages S79
Author(s): Lewis, P., Staniland, J., Cuppage, A., Davies, J.M.
Added October 2012
Noise levels in a hospital
1984
Industrial Health
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 22
Pages 75-82
Author(s): Bovenzi, M., Collareta, A.
Added October 2012
Guidelines for community noise
1999
Protection of the Human Environment
Report
Author(s): Berglund, B., Lindvall, T., Schwela, D.H., Goh, T.K.
Added October 2012
Prioritization of noise abatement methods for controlling hospital noise pollution
2024
Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control
Journal Article
Author(s): Abbasi, M., Tokhi, M. O., Eyvazzadeh, N., Falahati, M., Zokaei, M.
Added April 2024
Effects of noise in hospitals
1994
British Journal of Nursing
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 3
Pages 110-3
Author(s): Biley, F.C.
Added October 2012
Does hospital noise disturb patients?
1986
British Medical Journal (Clin Res Ed)
Journal Article
Issue 6516
Volume 292
Pages 305
Author(s): Soutar, R.L., Wilson, J.A.
Added October 2012
Noise pollution in the hospital
1983
New England Journal of Medicine
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 309
Pages 53-4
Author(s): Topf, M.
Added October 2012
Noise in the operating room
1972
New England Journal of Medicine
Journal Article
Issue 24
Volume 287
Pages 1236-8
Author(s): Shapiro, R.A., Berland, T.
Added October 2012
The effects of hospital noise
2010
Nursing Administration Quarterly
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 34
Pages 327–333
Author(s): Choiniere, D. B.
Added September 2014
Environmental noise in hospitals: A systematic review
2021
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Journal Article
Issue 16
Volume 28
Pages 19629-19642
Author(s): de Lima Andrade, E., da Cunha e Silva, D. C., de Lima, E. A., de Oliveira, R. A., Zannin, P. H. T., Martins, A. C. G.
Noise in healthcare environments can aggravate patient health issues and impair the performance of healthcare professionals. The World Health Organization (WHO) has suggested that hospital sound levels should not exceed 35 decibels during the day and 40 decibels at night.
Added March 2021
A Novel PACU Design for Noise Reduction
2008
Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 23
Pages 226-229
Author(s): Smykowski, L.
As redesign and renovation of patient care units occur, health care providers need to consider the importance of lowering environmental stressors. Noise in the hospital environment is one well documented problem, with detrimental effects to both patients and staff. The paper reviews the redesign of the organization's PACU that explored a unique floor plan to minimize noise and improve privacy.
Added October 2012
Noise levels in Johns Hopkins Hospital
2005
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 118
Pages 3629-3645
Author(s): Busch-Vishniac, I. J., West, J. E., Bamhill, C., Hunter, T., Orellana, D., Chivukula, R.
Patients, visitors, and staff often complain about the amount of noise in hospital settings. However, in addition to being annoying and disrupting sleep, some research suggests that high sound levels negatively affect the speed of wound healing and the number of medications, as well as contributing to staff stress and burnout.
Added April 2014
Acoustic assessment of speech privacy curtains in two nursing units
2016
Noise & Health
Journal Article
Issue 80
Volume 18
Pages 26-35
Author(s): Pope, D. S., Miller-Klein, E. T.
Hospitals are environments with complex soundscapes, and some elements of these soundscapes can impede upon patient health and overall communication. Numerous sources of noise from equipment, movement, and increased speaking volumes combine with high reverberation rates, resulting in the need to speak increasingly louder.
Added March 2017
Noise in acute patient care areas
1985
Research in Nursing & Health
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 8
Pages 283-91
Author(s): Hilton, B.A.
The paper begins by defining noise (as sound higher than that recommended for hospitals and considered undesirable or intolerable by patients) and questioning noise levels in hospitals and how patients are affected by it. The author cites studies between 1961 and 1981 that showed that ill people had a lower tolerance for sound than healthier people, sounds in hospitals were higher than recommended levels and tended to be a stress factor for patients, and that when sound was considered to be noise, it led to stress, which in turn could delay healing.
Added October 2012
Quantitative Noise Analysis in a Modern Hospital
1982
Archives of Environmental Health
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 37
Pages 361-4
Author(s): Aitken, R.J.
Added October 2012
