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Bartley, Judene. "New Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 22, no. 6 (June 2001): 362. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0195941700075858.
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Sherif, Ahmed H. "Hospitals of Developing Countries: Design and Construction Economics." Journal of Architectural Engineering 5, no. 3 (September 1999): 74–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)1076-0431(1999)5:3(74).
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Marawan, Emad, Hosam Rezk, and Hesham Sameh. "Architectural design criteria for infection control in hospitals during construction and development." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1056, no. 1 (August 1, 2022): 012007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1056/1/012007.
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Abstract Hospitals are the type of buildings which need development and expansion continuously so it can achieve all the demands of the progress in the medical field, medical devices, and the updates in the infrastructure of the hospitals. Due to the spread of many bacteria that are related to the construction and development process, many countries had to take into considerations many strict precautions to reduce the danger of the infection spread. These precautions are important either inside the building of the hospital or outside, so the maximum reduction of infection spread should be reached as there are many patients suffer from lack of immunity. This research aims to reach a rational design criterion for hospital designers which gains the required demands to combat the infection spread during construction and development process meanwhile continuing to present the medical services. It is strongly recommended to introduce flexible structural module that can be reused in different activities. Also, isolation of patient’s spaces during construction becomes a mandatory manner. Moreover, it is advised to design an adaptable ventilation system which facilitates different sectors separation, either patient, medical stuff, or workers paths.
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Aidy, Ahmed, Mohammed Rady, Ibrahim Mohsen Mashhour, and Sameh Youssef Mahfouz. "Structural Design Optimization of Flat Slab Hospital Buildings Using Genetic Algorithms." Buildings 12, no. 12 (December 12, 2022): 2195. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings12122195.
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The construction costs of hospital buildings are relatively high due to the need to fulfill their complex functions and avoid mishaps. In this context, this study aims to minimize the total construction costs of hospitals while still satisfying the special architectural, practical, and structural requirements specified by design codes. To this end, 48 design alternatives with two floor systems (flat slabs with and without drop panels), three column spacings, and eight concrete grades were optimized using genetic algorithms provided by Palisade Evolver. The objective function included the materials and labor costs per square meter of the floor plan. The decision variables involved the concrete dimensions and steel bars of floors and columns. The hospital buildings were subjected to gravity, earthquake, and wind loads to thoroughly examine the realistic loading conditions. The design was performed in accordance with the Egyptian code for the design and construction of concrete structures and the Egyptian guidelines for hospitals and healthcare facilities. The results revealed that using low-strength concrete, and flat slabs without drop panels could achieve the best design. The slab thickness had a governing impact on the total cost of both floor systems.
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Bilec, M. M., R. J. Ries, K. L. Needy, M. Gokhan, A. F. Phelps, E. Enache-Pommer, M. J. Horman, et al. "Analysis of the Design Process of Green Children's Hospitals: Focus on Process Modeling and Lessons Learned." Journal of Green Building 4, no. 1 (February 1, 2009): 121–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.3992/jgb.4.1.121.
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Healthcare facilities are among the most complicated facilities to plan, design, construct and operate. A new breed of hospitals is considering the impact of the built environment on healthcare worker productivity and patient recovery in their design, construction, and operation. A crucial subset of healthcare facilities are children's hospitals where the consequences of poor building system design and performance have the potential to seriously impact young lives with compromised health. Green facilities are not always pursued: they are perceived as difficult to build and costing more than equivalent conventional hospitals. This study explored the design process of the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Penn State's Hershey Medical Center Children's Hospital to understand the critical steps and processes for green children's hospital design. Producing a series of process maps that identify the key characteristics in the complex design requirements of a green children's hospital, this paper reveals the importance of design process to design quality. More broadly, this research will help future project teams meet the complex design requirements of green children's hospitals.
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Özgen, Elif. "Evaluation on the change of healing perception at healthcare facilities the royal children's hospital." International Journal of Emerging Trends in Health Sciences 2, no. 1 (June 28, 2018): 07–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/ijeths.v2i1.3423.
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Healthcare constructions are public buildings that necessitate technical, healing and medical conditions, require common action from a number of disciplines and accommodate differing scales within themselves. Recently, these constructions have been a field of study whose momentum have continued to speed up for varying disciplines in terms of healing factors. This condition can be evaluated in terms of the basic requirement of “well-being†for each individual, the fact that the definition of health has become more comprehensive and the changes on spatial requirements in accord with developing technology. The definition by World Health Organization (WHO) will be distinctive for designers. WHO stated that “Health is not only protection from diseases and microbes but also a state of well-being physically, mentally and socially.†Furthermore, excitement, hope and other positive emotions that can be conveyed to human soul through design can be viewed as the basis of health philosophy constructed on the condition of “well-being†Even though the concept of health involves a comprehensive definition, its perception by users indicates change over time and it can be considered that this perception is far from a holistic approach in parallel with the definition of health. Healthcare constructions include places that have negative connotations in the conscious of the society. The design of modern healing places as livable spots, environments to where feelings of belonging can be attached and environments of relaxing and healing therapeutics has become a delayed requirement. This will only start with understanding the role of place on healing. Hospitals can be regarded as type of constructions that are convenient to healing reading. Therefore, the efforts to create theoretical background have been put forward in this study in order to evaluate the relation between healthcare constructions and perception of places to provide reading over hospitals. The study will mention hospital buildings in the historical process and changes on the healing perception of people. It is impossible to design the study independent of users in this healing reading from past to present. With the evaluation carried out in this respect, today’s spatial construction perception will be evaluated over The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia and providing recommendations on construction design is targeted.
Keywords: Healing Places, Hospitals, Hospital design, Healing Design, Healthcare Constructions, Spatial Perception.
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Boge, Knut, and Anjola Aliaj. "Albania vs Norway – FM at two university hospitals." Facilities 35, no. 7/8 (May 3, 2017): 462–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/f-07-2016-0079.
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PurposeGiven the premise of de facto universal standards for FM, this paper aims to investigate development of facilities management (FM) at an Albanian and a Norwegian university hospital through examination of two hypotheses: the university hospital has recognised FM and established a designated FM organisation (H1) and the university hospital provides adequate food and catering services at ward kitchens and buffets (H2). Design/methodology/approachThis is an exploratory and descriptive comparative case study based on a diverse cases’ designs. FindingsThere is limited and strong support for H1 at the Albanian and Norwegian university hospitals, respectively. Both the Albanian and the Norwegian university hospitals rely on in-house production of facilities services, but the Albanian university hospital has outsourced food and catering services. FM and provision of facilities services are deeply integrated within the Norwegian university hospital’s core activities. There is also limited and strong support for H2 at the Albanian and Norwegian university hospitals, respectively. Hence, the Albanian Ministry of Health and the Albanian university hospital’s top management have a comprehensive, but not impossible, task, if the aim is to catch up with the Norwegian university hospital concerning FM. Research limitations/implicationsThis is an exploratory and descriptive comparative case study. Large N studies should be carried out both in Albania and Norway and preferably also in other countries to corroborate and develop the findings. Originality/valueThis is the first comparative study of FM at an Albanian and a Norwegian university hospital.
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Prugsiganont, Supuck, and Per Anker Jensen. "Identification of space management problems in public hospitals." Facilities 37, no. 7/8 (May 7, 2019): 435–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/f-01-2018-0001.
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Purpose In the past decades, public hospitals in Thailand have developed gradually and been characterized by an incremental development of hospital facilities. First, this study aims to investigate the factors that have caused the incremental development and how such development has affected the hospital’s architectural layout. Second, the paper assesses the functional quality of nonclinical areas in the Maharaj Hospital to identify space management problems. Design/methodology/approach The first part of the study is based on a literature review of the Thai health-care landscape. The second part includes the functional quality assessment of nonclinical areas, walk-through observations and documentation. Obtained data were synthesized using building quality method and measurement criteria and analytical drawing techniques for design assessment. Findings The first part identified three factors: the lack of local general practitioners, the limited number of public hospitals and the implementation of Thailand’s universal coverage scheme. These factors have resulted in a dramatically high number of patients in public hospitals. The second part identified problems regarding poor accessibility, a low level of spatial flexibility and poor spatial orientation. These problems are related to a lack of appropriate strategic space planning and lack of integration of the Thai culture into hospital design processes. Practical implications An identification of space management problems is a prerequisite to the improvement of hospital facilities. Originality/value This paper presents the first study of space management problems concerning nonclinical areas in Asian hospitals.
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Alsawaf, Ebtisam S., and Amjad M. Albadry. "Principles for the Sustainable Design of Hospital Buildings." International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning 17, no. 6 (October 21, 2022): 1797–808. http://dx.doi.org/10.18280/ijsdp.170614.
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Technological progress has had negative effects as well as positive effects if it affects the life industry and the entire ecosystem significantly through the great consumption of natural resources, and here the construction sector in general and the health sector, in particular, have a role in this. From the perspective of keeping pace with technological development, responding to environmental changes, and paying attention to hospital environments (especially since the emergence of modern epidemics), and because the construction sector is the largest consumer of energy in the world, which made international organizations move towards creating a sustainable environment in the construction of hospital buildings by reducing energy consumption. This research focused on studying the components and principles of sustainable design for hospital buildings and the environmental, economic, health, and social benefits of sustainable development in the healthcare industry. In addition to the research objective, which is to build a model as a guide to guide health care officials interested in applying sustainable design principles in hospital design, to achieve an ideal sustainable hospital environment. To achieve this goal, a comprehensive theoretical framework was built by adopting a descriptive and analytical approach and extracting the most important vocabulary and effective indicators for sustainable design in hospitals.
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Xidous, Dimitra, Tom Grey, Sean P. Kennelly, and Desmond O’Neill. "Understanding the knowledge and engagement of facilities management with dementia-friendly design in Irish hospitals: an exploratory study." Facilities 39, no. 9/10 (January 11, 2021): 601–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/f-01-2020-0012.
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Purpose This exploratory study stems from research conducted between 2015–2018 focussing on dementia-friendly design (DFD) in hospitals (Grey T. et al. 2018). Specifically, this study focusses on facilities management (FM) staff in Irish hospitals to gain a preliminary understanding of the level of knowledge and engagement of FM in the implementation of dementia-friendly hospital (DFH) design. Design/methodology/approach A mixed-methods approach based on a series of ad hoc semi-structured interviews, and an online survey. The aims were, namely, assess the extent of FM engagement in hospital works; measure the level of awareness regarding DFD; and identify facilitators and barriers to DFD in hospital settings. Participants (74) comprised FM staff in 35 Irish acute care hospitals. The research findings are based on thematic analysis of ad hoc semi-structured interviews (participants, n = 4) and survey responses (participants, n = 13). Findings While FM staff reported to possess important knowledge for building DFH, they also mentioned a lack of engagement of FM in design processes and hospital works. Practical implications The research has gained insight into the role of FM in promoting a dementia-friendly approach. Lack of or poor engagement of FM in design processes and hospital works means not fully tapping into rich expertise that would be invaluable in the development, implementation and maintenance of DFH. Universal design is a key driver for facilitating their engagement in the design, implementation and maintenance of DFH environments. Originality/value This is the first study exploring the role of FM in supporting a DFD approach in acute care hospitals.
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Reijula, Jori, Virpi Ruohomäki, Marjaana Lahtinen, and Kari Reijula. "Participatory facility design challenges in two university hospitals." Intelligent Buildings International 12, no. 1 (July 2, 2017): 3–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17508975.2017.1342591.
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Ribeiro, Alexandre Passos, Kemmylle Sanny de Matos Ferreira, Christine Kowal Chinelli, and Carlos Alberto Pereira Soares. "Field hospitals to face COVID-19: Requirements and lessons learned in the design and construction of the Lagoa Barra Hospital - Brazil." Strategic Design Research Journal 13, no. 3 (December 23, 2020): 387–400. http://dx.doi.org/10.4013/sdrj.2020.133.08.
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The construction of field hospitals has been a strategy adopted worldwide to face the consequences of the pandemic impacts caused by COVID-19 on healthcare systems. Specific characteristics of this pandemic, such as different ways and speeds of the disease transmission, and the implications at the population health and the productive system, has made the project, management, and construction of field hospitals for the patients with COVID-19 present specific features. In this work, for each phase of the FHLB implantation, we present the main concepts, premises, restrictions, and challenges, focusing mainly on the needs programs of the project that guided the configuration of the environments, the definition of the circulation flows, the typology of the beds, the main management tools used during the project's planning and control process, and in the lessons learned.
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Gao, Si, Hu Xie, Mian Yang, Qiang Zhang, Ming Zhang, Xin Wang, and Ze-Hao Jiang. "A BIM-Based Simulation Approach for Life-Cycle Quality Control in Post-Pandemic Hospitals." Buildings 13, no. 6 (June 17, 2023): 1549. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings13061549.
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The outbreak of COVID-19 has engendered extensive challenges for conventional hospital operations. To adapt to this problematic issue, a mixed-use hospital functioning system for normal and epidemic situations is proposed. However, the inherent complexity of a hospital embedded with a function of epidemic prevention and control renders a restrained construction process that may compromise quality. In this stance, we developed a BIM (building information modelling)-based simulation approach addressing life-cycle quality control in post-pandemic hospitals. An illustrative case study approach, which draws on the grey literature, was used to address the research question. BIM forward design was employed to integrate with such elements as functional streamline, emergency site, and ward conversion in the process of transformation from normal to epidemic-related operations. Computational fluid dynamics-based fluid simulation was conducted to obtain the most suitable air supply and exhaust solutions for negative pressure wards. BIM forward design method contributed to improving design efficiency and quality. The results of ventilation simulation and environmental analysis showed that the design scheme met all the functional requirements and technical specifications. Meanwhile, the best pipeline synthesis scheme was obtained, which reduced the rework and saved on construction time. The proposed method is beneficial to improve the efficiency of design information sharing and business collaboration. Implications generated from this study can be used as a significant reference for the future construction of various healthcare facilities.
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Zhu, Yunhui, and Ying Zhou. "Study on Sustainable Development Oriented Community Public Hospital in China Based on Optimal Decision Making Model for Environment Renovation." Sustainability 15, no. 9 (April 25, 2023): 7184. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15097184.
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Community public hospital provides public health and basic medical services, and their construction environment has an important impact on the health and well-being of the residents. Due to the long construction period of most community hospitals, the population expansion and the change in age structure have led to a mismatch between the needs of patients and the current situation, which is in urgent need of renovation. This paper aims to support the government and hospitals in making decisions by eliminating the blind spots in capital investment and benefit evaluation. In this study, environmental modification design variables are first established, and on this basis, the fuzzy Delphi method is used to understand the willingness for renovation on the part of patients, accompanying personnel, staff, healthcare workers as well as hospital administrators. Besides, the I-S model is used to identify the renovation projects that would maximize user satisfaction. Furthermore, the differences between patients and medical staff are compared. The ODM (Optimal Decision-making) model is used to evaluate the cost investment and benefits, which provides support for the decision-making of government and hospitals. The results clarify the key renovation design variables that can significantly improve user satisfaction and extend them into renovation strategies that can be landed, and identify renovation strategies with larger improvement scores and the range of renovation funds that maximize benefits to promote the sustainable development of community public hospitals. It can be seen that the ODM model can also be well applied to the renovation of community healthcare services. In addition, the reference classification and design variables should be adjusted according to the characteristics of China, taking into consideration the specificity of individual hospitals.
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Jia, Wei Yang. "Survey & Quantitative Design Strategies on Hospital Accessible Signs." Applied Mechanics and Materials 507 (January 2014): 31–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.507.31.
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Hospital accessible signs are important guide for the elderly, disabled or ordinary people. According to the theories of environmental behavior and sign-system universal design, the types of accessible signs and demand features of all sorts of disable people are analyzed, and the necessity of quantitative design for hospital accessible signs is put forward. With investigation and research on accessible signs of 25 major hospitals in Tianjin city, the existing design problems were found out with the method of comprehensive comparison between subjective perception with instances and standard literatures, thus the quantitative design recommendations on each design element of hospital accessible signs are summarized and obtained, including scale, mounting height, graphics, color, fonts and so on, to provide rational science indicator reference to accessible signs design and the construction of accessible environment.
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Ekhaese, Eghosa Noel, Ibrahim Abudulsalam Mohammed, and Praise Ojuoluwa Akindoyin. "Bioclimatic design strategies and energy efficiency in an orthopaedic hospital in Nigerian cities: A cross-sectional study." Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development 8, no. 7 (July 15, 2024): 2736. http://dx.doi.org/10.24294/jipd.v8i7.2736.
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2050 building stock might be buildings that already exist today. A large percentage of these buildings fail today’s energy performance standards. Highly inefficient buildings delay progress toward a zero-carbon-building goal (SDGs 7 and 13) and can lead to investments in renewable energy infrastructure. The study aims to investigate how bioclimatic design strategies enhance energy efficiency in selected orthopaedic hospitals in Nigeria. The study objective includes Identifying the bioclimatic design strategies that improve energy efficiency in orthopaedic hospitals, assessing the energy efficiency requirements in an orthopaedic hospital in Nigeria and analysing the effects of bioclimatic design strategies in enhancing energy efficiency in an orthopaedic hospital in Nigeria. The study engaged a mixed (qualitative and quantitative) research method. The investigators used case study research as a research design and a deductive approach as the research paradigm. The research employed a questionnaire survey for quantitative data while the in-depth Interview (IDI) guide and observation schedule for qualitative data. The findings present a relationship between bioclimatic design strategies and energy conservation practices in an orthopaedic hospital building. Therefore, implementing bioclimatic design strategies might enhance energy efficiency in hospital buildings. The result of the study revealed that bioclimatic hospital designs may cost the same amount to build but can save a great deal on energy costs. Despite the challenges, healthcare designers and owners are finding new ways to integrate bioclimatic design strategies into new healthcare construction to accelerate patient and planet healing.
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Canales, Pablo, Claudia Valderrama-Ulloa, and Ximena Ferrada. "Hospitales sustentables: partidas críticas para su construcción y el rol de la inspección técnica." Revista Hábitat Sustentable 11, no. 2 (December 30, 2021): 22–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.22320/07190700.2021.11.02.02.
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Currently, the public health infrastructure in Chile, at its different scales, has made important advances in determining sustainability design criteria. However, it is possible to see that, during its construction, there are no standardized verification processes on sustainability aspects, and that the work of technical inspection focuses on the administrative compliance of construction contracts, rather than on checking technical aspects. This research proposes a list of critical items and activities to supervise hospital construction, to guarantee sustainable criteria in their operation. A survey was also made to professionals involved in the design, construction, and supervision of hospital construction, ranking the results with a multi-criteria methodology (AHP), which showed a preference in the thermal envelope (20%) and thermal and ventilation installations (17%). Finally, based on the weaknesses stated by the professionals, a control and monitoring process of these items and activities is proposed, redesigning the work of the Worksite’ Technical Inspector.
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Ahmad, Julfikar, Antony Kumar Boity, Harnoor Kaur Chauhan, and Kritika Arora. "Evaluation of Architectural Design Features in Achieving Sustainability in Hospital Projects." ECS Transactions 107, no. 1 (April 24, 2022): 9453–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/10701.9453ecst.
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Newly built hospitals need to be assessed to evaluate the performance in the context of sustainability by means of comparing the thermal comfort level of the users and the ambient thermal conditions in hospital environment of high- and low-level designs. A perspective of facility management has been used to decide the responsibility of hospital administrators towards contributing for sustainable design outcome in order to make operational sustainable hospital with newly and restructured construction. To asses this, study data was extracted by using thermal environment equipment and energy simulation applications, through conducting survey of thermal comfort and interviewing authoritative personnel who provide services and care, facility provider and patients. The hypothesis suggests about how sophisticated sustainable ventilation design provisions provide a feel-good fact or from thermal comfort point of view and it helps to push down lower heat index in the wards that are designed with natural ventilation features.
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Susanto, Edy, and Wahyu Wijaya Widiyanto. "Health Services Place Construction Design Based on Android and ISO/TEC 25010." Jurnal Inotera 8, no. 2 (December 27, 2023): 404–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.31572/inotera.vol8.iss2.2023.id288.
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Health services are places where health efforts are carried out. The study found several problems with health care information, such as the County's official website providing information on only a few major hospitals, not all locations, and if using the Google Maps application, there are still medical service locations that are not registered, so this application can add data that is not registered in the Google Maps application so that people can know more and find medical places easily. The design method used is a prototype and the testing technique used is ISO/TEC 25010. The results of this research are that the Android-based health service location mapping application in the district can display a list of information on hospitals, health centers, main clinics and google maps. Apart from that, the system testing carried out is the conformity aspect in terms of functionality and usability. Based on the functional suitability test, usability results were obtained with results of 81.6%. The conclusion from the test results using ISO/TEC 25010 testing shows that this application can help the community and can be said to be successful
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Roche, F., B. Hare, K. Curtis, and L. Price. "Management of infection prevention and control in the development of new hospital buildings – effective stakeholder engagement during design and construction." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1101, no. 3 (November 1, 2022): 032007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1101/3/032007.
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Abstract Specific elements of building services such as heating, ventilation or water supply systems can play a key role in infection prevention and control (IPC) within hospital buildings and links between the design of such systems and increased rates of healthcare associated infections (HAI) have been identified. These links are complex and multifactorial and several issues have a bearing on this relationship during the construction of a hospital buildings. One such issue is the nature and efficacy of the engagement of IPC specialists employed by the client end user during the development process. Good management of IPC issues not only supports effective IPC team engagement but depends upon it to achieve key aims. Research suggests, however, that the quality of IPC team engagement is not always optimal and there is a gap in knowledge around how this can be addressed. This research focuses on a qualitative evaluation of the nature and efficacy of the engagement of IPC teams in the construction lifecycle development of new hospitals. Using in-depth interview data, the experiences of IPC team members will be explored and barriers and facilitators to high quality engagement identified. This data will be used to develop the foundational principles of an improvement strategy for the engagement of IPC teams within the construction lifecycle development of new hospitals in the UK. Post-pandemic, the role of the built environment in the spread of infection and the processes developed to manage this will be under increased scrutiny. This paper adds to this growing body of research.
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Gaur, Rupesh, and Amandeep Kaur. "Covid 19 Hospital Management System." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 10, no. 4 (April 30, 2022): 2629–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2022.41855.
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Abstract: This research work is on design and construction of Covid-19 hospital management system. The system uses html and css as frontend and Django as frontend and has an connection with the backend. Covid-19 Hospital Management System is an integrated hospital management system which address all the major functional areas of the multi- speciality hospitals. This hospital system management enables better patient care and prevents the confusion and misleading of information at the time of need. Keywords: Pandemic, integrity, sustainability
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Heidaranlu, Esmail, Asghar Tavan, and Mohsen Aminizadeh. "Investigating the level of functional preparedness of selected Tehran hospitals in the face of biological events: a focus on COVID-19." International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment 13, no. 2 (January 10, 2022): 150–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijdrbe-08-2021-0088.
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Purpose This study aims to evaluate the functional readiness of selected hospitals in Tehran in the face of biological events focusing on the Coronavirus. Design/methodology/approach The current study is a cross-sectional, descriptive-analytical study, with the research population consisting of four hospitals in Tehran (Ministry of Health, Social Security, Azad and Military University). This study used data collection tools, standardized functional preparedness tools for hospitals using a biological approach and a standardized checklist of biological event preparations for the American Hospital Association. Interviews with the incident and disaster committee director and observation of each hospital’s existing documents, were used to collect data, which was then analyzed using SPSS-16 software. Findings According to the results, the average percentage of total hospital preparedness in biological events is 36.9%. With 53.3%, the selected military hospital has the most preparation, whereas the Ministry of Health has the lowest preparation with 28.3%. Surge capacity management and communication had the most remarkable preparedness rate of 68.75% (adequate preparedness), biological consultants, meeting management and post-disaster recovery had the lowest preparedness rate of 0% (extremely weak preparedness). Practical implications The average functional preparedness of selected hospitals in Tehran was assessed at an insufficient level in this study. Given the recurrence of disease waves, these results are helpful in increasing hospital preparedness for impending events. Improving preparedness in most areas, especially in post-disaster recovery seems necessary. Originality/value Given the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to assess hospitals’ readiness to increase capacity and respond to this scourge. Few studies have been done in this field in the world. This study investigates this issue in the capital of Iran. The finding of this study suggest authorities’ attention to this issue and the creation of severe and prompt solutions and measures and the use of military hospital experiences to improve biological threat preparedness.
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Sunindijo, Riza Yosia, Fatma Lestari, and Oktomi Wijaya. "Hospital safety index: assessing the readiness and resiliency of hospitals in Indonesia." Facilities 38, no. 1/2 (July 18, 2019): 39–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/f-12-2018-0149.
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Purpose This study aims to assess the hospital readiness and resiliency in a disaster-prone Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach Hospital Safety Index (HSI), containing 151 items, was used to assess ten hospital in West Java and five hospitals in Yogyakarta. Findings The average level of HSI for the hospitals under investigation is B, indicating that their ability to function during and after emergencies and disasters are potentially at risk, thus, intervention measures are needed in the short term. Hospitals in Yogyakarta scored lowly in terms of their emergency and disaster management, even though they have previously experienced major disasters in 2006 and 2010. Practical implications The role of the government is crucial to improve hospital readiness and resiliency in Indonesia. It is recommended that they: identify disaster-prone areas so that their hospital readiness and resiliency can be assessed; assess the readiness and resiliency of hospitals the prioritized areas; implement intervention measures; re-assess the readiness and resiliency of hospitals in the prioritized areas after implementing intervention measures; and develop a framework to ensure that the hospitals can maintain their level of readiness and resiliency over time. Originality/value Research on hospital readiness and resiliency in Indonesia is still limited despite the size of the country and its proneness to disasters. This research has investigated the feasibility and value of using HSI to assess hospital readiness and resilience in Indonesia.
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Setola, Nicoletta, Eletta Naldi, Maria Vittoria Arnetoli, Luca Marzi, and Roberto Bologna. "Hospital responses to COVID-19: evidence from case studies to support future healthcare design research." Facilities 40, no. 1/2 (November 3, 2021): 131–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/f-03-2021-0023.
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Purpose The Covid-19 pandemic has placed health-care systems and their facilities throughout the world under immense pressure. The pandemic has highlighted the crucial role of health-care facilities design in looking beyond the ongoing crisis and considering how hospitals can better prepare for unexpected future health situations. This study aims to investigate how hospitals reacted to the crisis in terms of their physical spaces, which architectural features permitted the necessary transformations, and how this data can inform hospital design research in the future. Design/methodology/approach The research adopted a qualitative and multi-method approach to case studies. Data was collected directly (field survey and interviews) and indirectly (literature, periodicals, specialised websites, webinars, conferences and forums), and a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats analysis supported the data evaluation. Findings Hospitals’ responses to the crisis were guided by a host of variables depending on the specific intervention context and risk scenario. Some key issues emerged as particularly meaningful to drive future research in hospital design, namely, architectural typology, layout and spatial proximities, technological systems, the quality of care spaces, the role of public spaces, facility management tools to drive the transformation, territorial health care networks and new technologies. Originality/value The paper suggests that the current crisis can be transformed into an opportunity, in terms of research and innovation, to rethink and improve the quality and efficiency of health-care spaces, restoring their crucial role of promoting health by design.
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Hutriani, Ina Winiastuti, Muhammad Saddam Ali, and Zulvita Amanda. "Implementasi Prinsip Green Hospital pada Desain Lanskap Gerbang Masuk RSD DR A Dadi Tjokrodipo Bandar Lampung." Jurnal Lanskap Indonesia 16, no. 1 (April 3, 2024): 69–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.29244/jli.v16i1.48547.
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dr A Dadi Tjokrodipo Regional Hospital Bandar Lampung is one of the hospitals whose mission to create a clean, green and pollution-free hospital environment. This mission is in line with the Program of the Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia, namely The green hospital Program, a hospital which has designed, built/renovated, operated and maintained by considering the principles of health and a sustainable environment. The implementation of the green hospital principles at dr A Dadi Tjokrodipo Regional Hospital has not been optimal, one area which is the landscape of the hospital gate. This study aims to provide recommendations in the landscape design of hospital gate by implementing the principles of green hospital to support dr A Dadi Tjokrodipo Regional Hospital towards green hospital in Bandar Lampung. This study used design method modified from LaGro (2013) which consisted of a site survey stage; literature study; analysis-synthesis stage and conceptual design stage. Based on the results of this research, the implementation of green hospital principles in the landscape design of the dr A Dadi Tjokrodipo Regional Hospital applied to two major criteria, namely design and construction criteria and operational criteria. Design and construction criteria implemented include land development criteria and healing garden criteria. The operational criteria applied include transportation criteria and green material procurement criteria. Design recommendations based on the principle of green hospital can be followed up in the form of detailed engineering design (DED) documents and proposed budget plans so that the design can be implemented in the field.
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Gorst, Nick. "Design of precast concrete floors in steel-framed buildings. Part 1: Slab design." Structural Engineer 96, no. 4 (April 1, 2018): 24–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.56330/zinf6501.
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In the UK, steel-framed buildings with precast concrete floors are a common form of multistorey building. Such structures may be used for car parking, for commercial, retail or residential property developments, and for public buildings, such as schools and hospitals. This hybrid form of construction has many benefits, including the provision of an early, secure and broad platform from which subsequent site activities can be undertaken. This article is the first in a series of three addressing aspects of designing steel-framed buildings with precast concrete floors. The first article describes aspects of the slab design of precast prestressed concrete planks which will be installed in a steel frame.
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Gorst, Nick. "Design of precast concrete floors in steel-framed buildings. Part 2: Beam design." Structural Engineer 96, no. 5 (May 1, 2018): 26–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.56330/csbu6251.
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In the UK, steel-framed buildings with precast concrete floors are a common form of multistorey building. Such structures may be used for car parking, for commercial, retail or residential property developments, and for public buildings, such as schools and hospitals. This hybrid form of construction has many benefits, including the provision of an early, secure and broad platform from which subsequent site activities can be undertaken. This article is the second in a series of three addressing aspects of designing steel-framed buildings with precast concrete floors. The article describes aspects of the design of steel or composite beams which will support precast prestressed concrete planks.
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Ebekozien, Andrew, Solomon Oisasoje Ayo-Odifiri, Angeline Ngozika Chibuike Nwaole, Aginah Lawrence Ibeabuchi, and Felix Ebholo Uwadia. "Barriers in Nigeria’s public hospital green buildings implementation initiatives." Journal of Facilities Management 20, no. 4 (August 18, 2021): 586–605. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jfm-01-2021-0009.
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Purpose The high consumption of energy by buildings may have enhanced land degradation, flooding, air pollution and many other hazardous environmental issues. However, green practices in buildings have been proved as one of the successful technologies to mitigate these issues. Past studies have shown lax green practices in Nigerian buildings. Concerning public hospital buildings, this is yet to be explored. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate the barriers to green practices and proffer possible policy solutions to promote hospital green buildings. Design/methodology/approach In attaining these objectives, the view of hospital building contractors, design team, hospital management and policymakers in the relevant ministries/agencies was engaged via virtual interviews. The collated data were analysed and presented in the thematic pattern. Findings Findings show that green building construction is extremely low in Nigeria, but the worst hit is the health-care buildings across the states. Government/policy-related, organisational/leadership-related, financial-related, technical-related, design team-related and stakeholders’ behaviour-related barriers emerged as the main six themes of barriers affecting public hospital green buildings implementation initiatives. Findings show that proffering possible policies to addressing these barriers may improve public hospital green construction across the states. Research limitations/implications This paper is limited to barriers to green buildings implementation in public hospitals in Nigeria, and data collection was through virtual interviews but does not affect the strength of the findings. Thus, this paper suggests that the sub-themes and variables/items that emerged from the collated data as presented in Figure 1 can be further developed quantitatively via questionnaire survey to validate and improve the reliability of results from this paper. Practical implications As part of this study’s implications, suggestions from this paper will stir up policymakers’ decisions, to be tailored towards achieving green buildings implementation initiatives in Nigerian public hospitals. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this paper is probably the first that attempted to investigate the barriers to green buildings implementation in public hospitals in Nigeria.
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Lavy, Sarel, Christopher W. Kiss, and Jose L. Fernandez-Solis. "Linking design and energy performance in U.S. military hospitals." Architectural Engineering and Design Management 11, no. 1 (March 15, 2013): 41–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2013.775104.
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Short, C. Alan, and Sura Al-Maiyah. "Design strategy for low-energy ventilation and cooling of hospitals." Building Research & Information 37, no. 3 (May 6, 2009): 264–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09613210902885156.
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Senhaji, Zineb, and Khalid Fikri. "Construction of a multidimensional performance model based on the perceptions of hospital stakeholders." SHS Web of Conferences 175 (2023): 01053. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202317501053.
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The objective of this article is to design a performance model through a qualitative study conducted on the different stakeholders of the University Health center in regards to their perception of the hospital performance. The study was conducted by dint of interview guides addressing the internal as well as the external stakeholders of the hospital having an influence on the performance of the University Health Centre UHC. The model constructed illustrates that hospital performance is a multidimensional construct that is close to two theoretical performance models, namely the BSC and the WHO PATH model. The combination of the two models allowed for a reconciliation between the visions of the different professional categories of hospitals, resulting in a performance model, which reconciles the vision of caregiving, and the vision of management.
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Meghdari, Ali, Azadeh Shariati, Minoo Alemi, Ali Amoozandeh Nobaveh, Mobin Khamooshi, and Behrad Mozaffari. "Design Performance Characteristics of a Social Robot Companion “Arash” for Pediatric Hospitals." International Journal of Humanoid Robotics 15, no. 05 (September 27, 2018): 1850019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219843618500196.
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This paper presents the design process and construction of a mobile social robot companion “Arash” for educational and therapeutic intervention for children with chronic diseases; one which is based on their interests and needs. This study concentrates on children with cancer who suffer from physical pain caused by both the disease and its treatment. Moreover, cancer treatment causes emotional distress, which can reduce the efficiency of medications. Using social robots to interact with ill children in a hospital environment could decrease their distress, thereby improving the efficiency of the treatment. Arash is a 15 degrees-of-freedom cost effective humanoid mobile robot companion, designed and developed to interact with children ages 4 to 12 years old. The robot has five physical subsystems: head, arms, torso, waist, and the mobile-base. Based on the robot requirements and specifications, appropriate measures were generated and thoroughly evaluated. An important and novel concept is the robots appearance, selected based on a survey taken from 50 children with chronic diseases at three pediatric hospitals in the city of Tehran. Based on these criteria and needs, Arash was designed, constructed, modified, and developed to operate in pediatric hospital environments.
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Soyler, Ibrahim, and Ercan Izgi. "Electricity Demand Forecasting of Hospital Buildings in Istanbul." Sustainability 14, no. 13 (July 5, 2022): 8187. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14138187.
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Electricity demand forecasting is essential for utilities. For the consumer, predictability of demand is vital for efficient operation, installation, sizing and maintenance planning. Hospitals, which are among the institutions with high-energy consumption, provide uninterrupted service 24 h a day, 7 days a week. Every hospital building is unique, and many do not conform to a typical shape or floor plan. Depending on the services provided, each hospital can differ significantly in terms of energy demand. Therefore, demand forecasting is one of the most complex elements of hospital construction. Although there are many studies on energy optimization related to hospital buildings in the literature, there is a knowledge gap regarding the maximum power estimation of hospitals. In this study, the annual electrical energy use of 23 public hospitals with over 100 beds in Istanbul is measured, and after determining the monthly peak loads, two new forecasting models are generated using regression techniques for maximum demand forecasting. It is determined that the design criteria used in power calculations in hospitals was very high. A positive result was obtained from the linear regression technique, which is one of the basic regression techniques, and it was shown that the maximum power needs of the hospital can be estimated with great confidence by determining a new design factor in the light of the determined values. This study allows designers to set maximum demands and select transformer and generator sizes with a single formula.
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Tekbiyik Tekin, Bedia, and Ozgur Dincyurek. "Exploring the Use of the AEDET Hospital Evaluation Toolkit to Create a Better Healing Environment for Cancer Patients beyond the Global North." Buildings 13, no. 10 (October 13, 2023): 2588. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings13102588.
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Today, numerous studies have shown that the physical environment in hospitals can significantly influence patients’ well-being, comfort, and recovery. However, this is currently neglected in hospitals in the Global South. Therefore, there is an urgent need to increase awareness to make it more applicable worldwide. Thus, this study focuses on improving the healing environment standards by exploring the impact of evidence-based design and patient-centered care in hospitals for cancer patients, particularly the architectural space quality, on patient health outcomes as well as hospital staff health and well-being. In Global North countries such as the UK, the achieving excellence design evaluation toolkit (AEDET) is used by their National Health Services to assess the effectiveness of various environmental attributes. However, these toolkits have not been designed for and do not work well within Global South countries, such as Northern Cyprus. To examine and compare the effectiveness of different physical environmental attributes and to evaluate user responses, the post-occupancy evaluation method and the AEDET toolkit were used in this study. These were applied to both public and private hospitals in Northern Cyprus, involving cancer patients, staff, and professionals (n = 220). The findings reveal the strengths and weaknesses in terms of environmental comfort based on the aspects of the evidence-based design of the hospitals such as natural light, air quality, noise, view, infection control, etc., to create a more optimal physical environment for better psychological outcomes. They also reveal that these toolkits are not fit for purpose for Global South contexts and require adaptations. This is the first study to propose an adaptation of the AEDET toolkit to assist architects in designing healthcare facilities that are responsive to the requirements of hospital patients and staff and to promote the quality of a healing environment for improved health and well-being outcomes.
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Setiawan, Handika. "ANALYSIS OF CAUSES DELAYS IN THE ROYAL RUNGKUT SURABAYA HOSPITAL PROJECT USING FTA METHOD." SONDIR 6, no. 2 (October 23, 2022): 18–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.36040/sondir.v6i2.5078.
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Hospitals are one of the most strategic parts of the health field. This is none other than because a quality hospital is a service to create a healthy Indonesian society, in terms of physical and mental. Therefore, the construction of the Hospital building which is included in the development of this development is needed by the Royal Surabaya Hospital. But in reality, the development of development has been delayed since December 6, 2021, which can be seen through the S curve. In this study, researchers used a questionnaire that was distributed to respondents, namely the construction staff of the Royal Extension Hospital Surabaya to obtain data, then the data was processed using the fault tree analysis method to find out what caused the delay in the project. The results of this study found that the cause of the delay was caused by the owner's late payment to the contractor or related parties, the owner's delay in approving and making changes to the design, lack of supervision of the design, damage and effectiveness of the use of heavy equipment, and lack of construction materials. It can be concluded that the cause of the occurrence of delays is due to 4 factors.
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Zayas, Victor, Anoop Mokha, and Stanley Low. "Constructing Hospitals for Functionality after Earthquakes: Saves Lives and Costs!" Buildings 13, no. 11 (October 30, 2023): 2741. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings13112741.
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Applications of the American Seismic Isolator Standard “SIS” are summarized. The SIS is the only construction standard that specifies design criteria for retaining the functionality of hospitals after earthquakes. The SIS specifies limits for in-structure accelerations and deformations. Earthquake data shows that the SIS limits are the maximum that can be tollerated and retain the functionaluity of hospitals after earthquakes. The Adana and Elazig hospital complexes retained 100% functionality after the severe earthquakes that occurred in Turkey in 2023 and 2020. These earthquakes resulted in 55,000 fatalities and 236 health care facilities losing functionality. Since the 1989 California earthquake, 18 structures with SIS isolators have retained 100% functionality after major earthquakes that caused over 800,000 deaths, and over 700,000 structures to be demolished. The functionality of these SIS structures saved many lives by enabling post-earthquake emergency services. Since 1985, SIS isolators have been implemented in over 40 million square meters of important buildings, bridges, and industrial facilities, in 34 countries. The cost to build these 40 million square meters of important structures with SIS isolators was about the same as constructing ductile moment frames for only collapse avoidance without isolators.
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Ma, Yunlong, Sherif Zedan, Aaron Liu, and Wendy Miller. "Impact of a Warming Climate on Hospital Energy Use and Decarbonization: An Australian Building Simulation Study." Buildings 12, no. 8 (August 19, 2022): 1275. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings12081275.
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The high energy use of hospitals and healthcare facilities globally contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, a large percentage of this energy use is attributed to space heating, cooling and ventilation, and is hence correlated to the climate. While the energy performance of Australian hospitals at the design stage is evaluated using historical weather data, the impact of the warming climate on Australian hospitals into the future remains unknown. The research question addressed is: What is the impact of future climates on the energy use of Australian hospitals built with the current design conditions? Two archetype hospital models were developed (a small single-story healthcare facility and a large multi-story hospital). DesignBuilder was used to simulate the performance of these models in 10 locations, ranging from the tropics to cool temperate regions in Australia. Current (1990–2015) and future climate files (2030, 2050, 2070 and 2090) were used. The results show that with the warming climate, the heating demand decreased, while the cooling demand increased for both hospital models for all sites. Cooling dominated climates, such as Darwin and Brisbane, were significantly impacted by the changing climates due to a substantial increase in cooling energy use. Heating based climates, such as Hobart and Canberra, resulted in an overall small reduction in total building energy use. In addition, the single-story facility was more impacted by the change in climate (in terms of energy use intensity) than the multi-story facility. The study highlights the importance of future climate files in building simulation and decarbonization planning.
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Vockley, Martha. "Breaking Ground: What's New in Hospital Design, Construction?" Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology 44, no. 6 (November 1, 2010): 458–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.2345/0899-8205-44.6.458.
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Van, Khai Tran. "Enhancing appropriate environmental design in healthcare facilities for the inhibition of nosocomial infection." E3S Web of Conferences 135 (2019): 01059. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201913501059.
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A Nosocomial infection also known as a hospital-acquired infection (HAI), is an infection that is acquired in a hospital or other health care facility are increasing even in Contemporary Hospitals of Vietnam. This study described how HALs occur in patients during the time under medical care in healthcare facilities as during hospitalization, the patient is exposed to pathogens through different sources which mostly are environment, healthcare staff, and other infected patients. The prevention and control of HALs requires the implementation of infection control interventions. The role of infection control mentioned in this study is to review and approve construction and architecture design measures to ensure they meet the demands for minimizing nosocomial infections. This study examines how HALs spread among hospitalized patients via environmental routes and how the application of appropriate design of the hospital plays a critical part in preventing the spread of infection. As the application of new technologies has application range within stamina in cases of climate changes, the findings of this study is the adoption of flexible transformable hospital design strategies in Vietnam to prevent infection.
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Ignjatovic, Dusan, Natasa Cukovic-Ignjatovic, and Zoran Zivkovic. "Regional hospitals in humid tropical climate: Guidelines for sustainable design." Thermal Science 22, Suppl. 4 (2018): 1071–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/tsci171227280i.
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Developing countries are facing numerous challenges in the process of providing adequate health care to often deprived and diminished social groups. Being a country made up of a mainland territory and five islands in Gulf of Guinea, al-most entirely covered by tropical rainforest, with poor road infrastructure, Equatorial Guinea is a showcase of various obstructions in developing effective health care system. The paper explores guidelines for creation of model regional hospital, commissioned by Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, with the aim of achieving high level of replicability through minor program and site-specific adjustments. The demonstrated strategies are applied on a local hospital designed to provide all basic types of health services while retaining a high level of technical independence. The architectural concept was formulated aiming to maximize the use of natural ventilation, daylight, and rainwater management, leaving the operation block, laboratory, and intensive care unit practically the only parts of the structure that would need mechanical air conditioning. The potential and effectiveness of use of photovoltaic units in enhancing hospital?s resilience through on-site energy production was explored. The structure was designed having in mind local climate, culture and customs, thus offering a possibility of strong integration with local community. The building technology was thought over to enable efficient and cost-effective construction and proper resilience for tropical rainforest environment. The result is a structure providing for contemporary, high quality medical service, interpreting local climatic and cultural con-textual premises through modern architectural expression.
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Giraudet, Charles. "The New Deal Infrastructure of New York: The Hospitals of Isadore Rosenfield." Cure and Care, no. 62 (2020): 52–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.52200/62.a.i56fhebv.
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In New York, the New Deal saw the construction of a new breed of hospitals under the direction of Isadore Rosenfield (1893-1980). Though quasi-unknown today, his contribution to the field of hospital design cannot be overstated in terms of the quantity of facilities he built on four continents and the philosophy underlying his activities as an architect, planner and educator. Currently, though, even his most successful buildings are being demolished or converted without documentation. The author examines the context and some issues encountered in his photographic recording of these facilities and looks at their potential considering today’s larger challenges.
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Čiček, J. "Principles and Criteria for the Protection of Water against Pollution from Hospitals in the Mediterranean Coastal Region." Water Science and Technology 18, no. 9 (September 1, 1986): 267–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1986.0097.
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The characteristics of hospitals and their ecological influence regarding water and sea pollution are discussed in this paper. Suggestions are given referring to the principles and criteria that could be used in the design and construction of hospitals and other medical facilities, when aiming to protect water against pollution. These principles and criteria should be used in environmental impact assessment studies, and should facilitate and improve the decision-making process.
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Jin, Xiangdong, Xia Zhang, Tianli Fan, and Yinsen Song. "Computer Management Design and Optimization of City Smart Medical Laboratory Service." Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2021 (November 10, 2021): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/2083416.
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In order to optimize the computer management of smart medical laboratory services and find the optimal solution, we conducted experiments on the laboratory computers of hospitals in this city based on the RBF neural network, which provided references for other researchers. Through the collection of relevant data, this article summarizes and analyzes the existing medical laboratory research, summarizes the existing problems and development directions of the current laboratory, uses the RBF neural network to modify these models, and innovatively achieves a hospital laboratory computer management optimization system with the characteristics of high efficiency, low energy consumption, and fast response. The experimental results prove that the computer management and optimization of laboratory services are optimized through the RBF neural network, and the efficiency of computer management design and optimization is greatly improved. It is about 20% higher than traditional medical laboratory. This shows that the computer management design and optimization of smart medical laboratory services designed by RBF neural network can play an important role in the construction of hospital laboratories.
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Nourmusavi Nasab, Sara, Amir Reza Karimi Azeri, and Seyedjalal Mirbazel. "Ideal physical features of environmental design in children’s hospital." Facilities 38, no. 5/6 (January 8, 2020): 445–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/f-03-2019-0032.
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Purpose During hospitalization, children are faced with physical disorders and many psychological challenges. One important factor affecting children is the environmental design of the hospital. The inappropriate design of hospitals may contribute to an increase in fear, anxiety and behavioral disorders. The purpose of this study is to use children’s perspectives to evaluate the importance and impact of effective environmental factors to generate children’s hospital design guidelines. Design/methodology/approach In this study, children’s desired atmosphere during treatment was examined via 16 drawings and 24 interviews from children at a children’s hospital in Iran. Findings The encoding of information extracted environmental components such as window view, color, hobby, playing, decorations, family presence, structure of hospital, presence of nurse, furniture, water features, light and green space. The results indicate that children prefer a hospital environment that provides entertainment facilities while also offering design features such as the presence of light, colorful decorations, the existence of green spaces and conditions suitable for their families to be present. Research limitations/implications Depending on the location and their living conditions, the children’s prioritization can be different in any society. In addition, the data of this research was descriptive; thus, the conclusions must be considered tentative. Originality/value A number of studies focus on the needs of populations in developed countries. This topic has not been investigated in a major way via professionals in non-western countries such as Iran. Thus, the context of this study and present findings can be deemed unique.
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Sudiarsa, M., I. W. Suasira, and I. W. Sudiasa. "Implementation of value engineering in design building for the construction of general hospitals in Jembrana Regency." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1450 (February 2020): 012017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1450/1/012017.
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Alhamdani, MR, M. Nurhamsyah, and DP Sari. "The planning of the Bengkayang Regional General Hospital masterplan." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1218, no. 1 (November 1, 2023): 012025. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1218/1/012025.
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Abstract Masterplanplanningis needed for planning and improving a hospital’s performance. The Bengkayang Regency Government plans to upgrade the existing Bengkayang Hospital to Type-B. To realize this requires astudy of a master development plan. This study aims to make a comprehensive hospital construction master plan review to support the development of the Bengkayang general hospital in an integrated manner and accommodate all areas. The descriptive qualitative method is used, whichcollects primary data through field observations. All information and data can be obtained visually and then analyzed to get an idea of the factors that will affect the development of the BengkayangGeneral Hospital. The results of this study are the Master Plan program and design review, as well as the stages of development of the Bengkayang Regional General Hospital with appropriate and integrated service functions according to the needs of health services, local culture, natural conditions, available land, and financial conditions. This study will reference local governments for plans to develop advanced and integrated hospitals to continue improving their services.
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Lu, Huiqun, RuiLing Wang, and Zhenju Huang. "Application of Data Mining in Performance Management of Public Hospitals." Mobile Information Systems 2022 (February 9, 2022): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/2412928.
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With the rapid development of computer technology, information technology covers all aspects of daily life, and the medical industry is also paying more attention to information construction. Conventional management methods have been unable to further improve the hospital’s management capabilities. At the same time, countries that are better in terms of hospital management practices have set a benchmark for mainland hospitals and reformed hospitals in order to stand out in the future. In addition to evaluating the economic benefits and work efficiency of doctors, hospitals must also consider that hospitals, as a special service industry, cannot be measured by economic indicators. Therefore, there is a multiparty game in the performance appraisal of hospitals, and it is necessary to consider not only economic factors but also the characteristics of public services. This article is based on the case of a large domestic tertiary hospital, combined with the hospital’s performance management reform plan, through the design idea of performance management and incentive performance pay distribution, using data mining technology as an auxiliary means. It successfully helped the hospital complete the performance and incentive performance pay aspects reform. The main research work of this paper is divided into the following three aspects. (1) Using data mining technology, according to each nursing unit’s workload, risk level, the difficulty of internship, and other objective factors in the past year for patient outpatient visits, surgery implementation, critical first aid, etc., are classified in line with the actual situation and provide a reliable basis for the reasonable and efficient allocation of hospital human resources. (2) In the performance management system, we integrate the third-party data mining tool weka to assist in the evaluation of the performance distribution plan and the calculation of the follow-up incentive performance pay. (3) We use the mathematical model of data mining to measure and evaluate the reasonableness of historical workload and performance appraisal, determine a new incentive performance pay distribution model, and use the software as a calculation tool for the internal distribution of performance wages to provide monthly incentive performance wage statistics in the future.
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Harisuthan, Sathiyanathan, Hashan Hasalanka, Devmini Kularatne, and Chandana Siriwardana. "Applicability of the PTVA-4 model to evaluate the structural vulnerability of hospitals in Sri Lanka against tsunami." International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment 11, no. 5 (April 30, 2020): 581–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijdrbe-01-2020-0001.
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Purpose This paper aims to identify the specific parameters in developing a framework to assess the structural vulnerability of hospital buildings in Sri Lanka against tsunami. Along with that, the adaptability and suitability of the existing global frameworks in the Sri Lankan context are to be assessed. Design/methodology/approach In this study, Papathoma tsunami vulnerability assessment (PTVA)-4 model was used as the base in developing the abovementioned framework. Its adaptability and suitability in assessing hospital buildings in the country were considered under the case studies conducted in six selected hospitals in the Southern coastal belt of Sri Lanka. Under these case studies, data collection was done using the Rapid Visual Screening method where assessments were carried out through visual observations. The collected data were analyzed according to the aforementioned model for its suitability in evaluating the structural vulnerability of hospitals in Sri Lanka, against tsunami hazard. Findings From these case studies, it was identified that the use of the PTVA-4 model alone was insufficient to assess the structural vulnerability of the hospital buildings against the tsunami. Therefore, the model must be further improved with more relevant assessing attributes related to hospitals, suitable for the Sri Lankan context. Originality/value This paper identifies the specific structural assessment parameters required in assessing hospitals in the coastal belt of Sri Lanka, considering tsunami as the main hazard condition.
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Sudarjat, Hadi. "Parking Area for People with Special Needs: Standard Design in Indonesia." Indonesian Journal of Community and Special Needs Education 2, no. 1 (December 11, 2021): 53–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.17509/ijcsne.v2i1.43609.
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The goal of this research is to describe the concept of a disabled parking lot. This study was based on an examination of the literature from a variety of sources, particularly those in Indonesia. The results of the research are collected, processed, and provided in the form of an easy-to-understand explanation. As a result, it is envisaged that the research findings can be utilized as a guide for architectural and environmental construction, particularly in hospitals, schools, and public facilities for persons with special needs (i.e. wheelchairs, crutches, and canes for the blind).
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Dettenkofer, M., S. Seegers, G. Antes, E. Motschall, M. Schumacher, and F. D. Daschner. "Does the Architecture of Hospital Facilities Influence Nosocomial Infection Rates? A Systematic Review." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 25, no. 1 (January 2004): 21–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/502286.
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AbstractObjective:To review the evidence regarding the effects of interventions to improve hospital design and construction on the occurrence of nosocomial infections.Methods:Systematic review of experimental and non-experimental, architectural intervention studies in intensive care units (ICUs), surgical departments, isolation units, and hospitals in general. The studies dated from 1975, and were in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Regardless of format, the studies were identified through seven medical databases, reference lists, and expert consultation.Results:One hundred seventy-eight scientific articles were identified; however, none of these described a meta-analy-sis, systematic review, or randomized, controlled trial. Most of the articles were categorized at the lowest level of evidence (expert judgment or consensus statements). Only 17 described completed concurrent or historical cohort studies matching the inclusion criteria (ICUs, 9; surgical departments, 4; isolation units, 2; hospitals in generai, 2). The interventions generally included a move to other premises or renovation. However, in many studies, the staff-to-patient ratio was also improved. Some studies showed lower infection rates after intervention, but this finding cannot be generalized because of confounding and fre-quently small study populations.Conclusions:The lack of stringent evidence linking hospital design and construction with the prevention of nosocomial infection is partly attributable to the multifactorial nature of these infections, and some improvement will be seen if basic conditions such as the availability of sufficient space, isolation capac-ity, and facilities for handwashing are met. However, to our knowledge, other factors, especially the improper hand hygiene of medical staff, have greater impact.