The architecture of safety: Hospital design

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 714-719

  Joseph, Anjali ^a   Rashid, Mahbub ^b  

^a The Center for Health Design California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Architecture; Hospital design; Patient safety; Physical environment

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ARCHITECTURE; FALLING; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MEDICAL ERROR; NOISE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; REVIEW; STAFF;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ARCHITECTURE AS TOPIC; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35848939361     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e3282f1be6e     Document Type: Review

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