Healthy Patients and Healthy Numbers

This brief [5 minute] video discusses carpet's benefits and proper maintenance in the healthcare environment. The basis for the video includes several well-known designers and authors who emphasize cutting edge thinking in healthcare design as a way to help with the healing process. It includes facts about carpet care and cost-efficiency, and demonstrates how interior design solutions aid healing and foster patient care.

View the video, Healthy Patients and Healthy Numbers: The Results of Evidence Based Design - Windows Media Format (6.3 MB). To order a CD of this video call 706-428-2114.

References

• Better Safe Than Sorry - Non-slip flooring can reduce slips and falls - and litigation - in your schools. (Wilson 1997) (PDF 768 KB)
• The CARITAS Project - transforming health and healthcare delivery through sustainable environments -Wayne Ruga, Founder and President
• Carpet Choices for Healthcare Facilities (Wise 1994) (PDF 2.04 MB)
• Carpet Maintenance Guidelines for Commercial Applications (CRI 2004) (PDF 2.56 Mb)
• CFD Analysis of the Behavior of Airborne Allergens in Carpeted and Uncarpeted Dwellings (Cicciarelli 2002) (PDF 1.2 MB)
• Cleaning and Foot Traffic Emissions Analysis (Asbury 2002) (PDF 226 KB)
• Does flooring type affect risk of injury in older in-patients? (Healey 1994) (PDF 95.5 KB)
• Hamilton Medical Center
• Jain Malkin, Inc.- interior architecture for healthcare, pace planning, concept and design consultation
• A Life-Cycle Cost Analysis for Floor Coverings in School Facilities (IICRC 2002) (PDF 128 KB)
• Prevalence of Asthma in the Swedish Population, Factors Contributing in the Rise of Asthma from 1955-1995 (Formgren 1995) (PDF 1.1 MB)
• Shaw Industries
• Sound Solutions - Increasing Office Productivity Through Integrated Acoustic Planning and Noise Reduction Strategies (ASID 1996) (PDF 50.7 KB)
• Space Syntax Limited- architectural, transportation and environmental design
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs:
  VISN 8 Patient Safety Center
  National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS)
• Zimmer · Gunsul · Frasca Partnership - architecture, planning, interior design

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