http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com Hospital Design, Construction, Maintenance, Operation and Smooth Running Guidelines & Tips for the Health Industry. Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:43:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/wp-content/plugins/maxblogpress-favicon/icons/favicon-92.ico http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2011/02/hearing-test-rooms-and-audiology-booths/ http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2011/02/hearing-test-rooms-and-audiology-booths/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:31:58 +0000 harry http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/?p=200 Hearing Test Room or an Audiology Booth can be described as a room within a room as these are designed and built inside the constructed building for soundproofing purpose as the hearing tests must be performed in extremely quiet surroundings. These tests can last around an hour and any external sounds will require the complete [...]]]> http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2011/02/hearing-test-rooms-and-audiology-booths/feed/ 0 http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2010/06/healthcare-nursing-staff/ http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2010/06/healthcare-nursing-staff/#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:14:50 +0000 harry http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/?p=190 One would argue that of all the public & private sectors, staff shortage in hospitals is one of the most critical issues. Some are short term due to illness or other personal reasons but permanent shortages are more serious, mainly due to people leaving service at retirement, changing employer or even moving away to another [...]]]> http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2010/06/healthcare-nursing-staff/feed/ 0 http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2010/05/way-finding-signage-hospitals-clinics/ http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2010/05/way-finding-signage-hospitals-clinics/#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 08:58:58 +0000 harry http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/?p=174 Visits to a hospital by patients or their visitors are almost always a stressful experience, especially the first visit. This stress can rapidly escalate, if they cannot get to where they need to go, quickly – be it to get treatment or to visit a loved one. The difficulty to find way can be compounded [...]]]> http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2010/05/way-finding-signage-hospitals-clinics/feed/ 0 http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2009/03/hospital-safety-fire-escapes/ http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2009/03/hospital-safety-fire-escapes/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:27:44 +0000 harry http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/?p=95 Actually this article was supposed to be a reply to a comment from one of www.hospitaldesigntips.com visitors who was interested to find out more about hospital design issues with respect to fire escapes and relevant legislation. Here’s how it went: Hello.. I’m A*****. I’m interested to know about the hospital design. I understand that you [...]]]> http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2009/03/hospital-safety-fire-escapes/feed/ 0 http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2008/04/is-your-hospital-disabled-user-friendly/ http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2008/04/is-your-hospital-disabled-user-friendly/#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:49:07 +0000 harry http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/?p=10 Sooner or later you will have to face the big question. Is your hospital or clinic Disabled person friendly? In fact very few of the so called well planned medical facilities really delve deep in to design considerations directly affecting disabled people. Generally when someone mentions disabled person, an image of a wheelchair bound person [...]]]> http://www.hospitaldesigntips.com/2008/04/is-your-hospital-disabled-user-friendly/feed/ 2