Evidence Based Design Features
Acuity adaptable rooms (standardized shape, size, headwall to eliminate transfers with condition changes)
Alcohol based hand rub dispensers
Artwork of nature settings
Building orientation to maximize patient access to sunlight
Ceiling mounted lifts
Decentralized supply locations
Flexibility for family/ patient lighting control
Furniture arrangements/ waiting spaces that encourage social interaction
Gardens accessible to staff, patient, visitors
High visible hand wash sinks
Integrated way-finding (pre-arrival, maps, architectural/ visual cues and signs)
Large patient room windows with views to nature
Noiseless paging systems
Patient rooms with designated zones for clinicians, patients, and families
Segregation of airflow direction
Single bed rooms
Surfaces and finishes to reduce contamination
Surfaces and finishes to reduce falls
Surfaces and finishes to reduce noise
Healing environment that is nurturing, therapeutic, and reduces stress
