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Interim sound and vibration design guidelines for hospitals and healthcare facilities

2006
Report
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Added October 2012

What about noise?

2002
The Center for Health Design
Report
Pages 1
Author(s): Stanley, K.
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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.
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Noise levels in a hospital

1984
Industrial Health
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 22
Pages 75-82
Author(s): Bovenzi, M., Collareta, A.
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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.
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Prioritization of noise abatement methods for controlling hospital noise pollution

2024
Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control
Journal Article
Pages in press
Author(s): Abbasi, M., Tokhi, M. O., Eyvazzadeh, N., Falahati, M., Zokaei, M.
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Effects of noise in hospitals

1994
British Journal of Nursing
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 3
Pages 110-3
Author(s): Biley, F.C.
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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.
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Noise pollution in the hospital

1983
New England Journal of Medicine
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 309
Pages 53-4
Author(s): Topf, M.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Added October 2012

Noise level in a pediatric intensive care unit

2005
Jornal De Pediatria
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 81
Pages 495-498
Author(s): Carvalho, W.B., Pedreira, M.L.G., de Aguiar, M.A.L.
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Added October 2012