| Theme | Environmental Arrangements of Hemodialysis Room -- including In-hospital Infection | |
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| Title | Hospital environment as "Healing Place" | |
| Publish Date | 2004/07 | |
| Author | Kazuo Hoshi | Ohme Municipal General Hospital |
| [ Summary ] | The hospital environment must be a place which provides a comfortable atmosphere for patients in the following way: 1. provide a beautiful, clean environment: Beauty and cleanliness have no relationship to age of the building. We must try to keep hallways clear, including no papers attached to the walls. 2. silent environment in the hospital: We must try to maintain silence proventing patients from hearing the sounds of footsteps in the corridors of the wards. 3. pleasant environment for pediatric patients: Interior designs to calm children who are patients. 4. environment without offensive odors: We must eliminate characteristic offensive odors in the hospital. 5. safe environment in the hospital: Collisions in the hospital should be prevented. 6. provide a healing environment for families of patients also. 7. provide a healing environment in the blood purification department. |
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