Effects of guidelines implementation in a surgical intensive care unit to control nighttime light and noise levels

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2242-2247

  Walder, Bernhard ^a   Romand, Jacques A ^a   Lançon, Michel ^b   Francioli, David ^c   Meyer, Jean Jacques ^c  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Serv de l'Ecotoxicologie du Canton   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alarm sound; Critically ill; Environmental conditions; Patient surveillance; Personnel behavior; Sleep disturbance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIGHT; MALE; NIGHT; NOISE; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0033864320     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200007000-00010     Document Type: Article

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