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Publisher: The Center for Health Design and Georgia Institute of Technology
File Size: 664 KB
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Executive Summary:
This review found a growing body of rigorous studies to guide healthcare design, especially with respect to reducing the frequency of hospital-acquired infections. Results are organized according to three general types of outcomes: patient safety, other patient outcomes, and staff outcomes.
The findings further support the importance of improving outcomes for a range of design characteristics or interventions, including single-bed rooms rather than multibed rooms, effective ventilation systems, a good acoustic environment, nature distractions and daylight, appropriate lighting, better ergonomic design, acuity adaptable rooms, and improved floor layouts and work settings. Directions for future research are also identified.