by ABD Engineering and Design | Acoustics
The 2010 FGI Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities was published in January and adopted as building code by many states. How will you deal with the new noise, privacy, and acoustical requirements for healthcare facilities? Join us at...
by ABD Engineering and Design | Acoustics
For years, the healthcare industry has used patient satisfaction surveys to gauge hospital performance and to identify ways for improving the healing environment. And the industry's standard surveyor, Press Ganey Satisfaction Surveys, has always shown the number one...
by ABD Engineering and Design | Noise and Vibration
In my last post, I discussed the acoustical design of hospital patient rooms, minimizing disturbance from noise produced by activity in the corridor, by phone calls and discussions at the nurses' stations, and by noise from nearby patient rooms. But that's only the...
by ABD Engineering and Design | Acoustics
While I was at the doctor's office the other day, I was allowed to listen to a conversation between a doctor and another patient. Was I in the room with them? I didn't have to be. The sound isolation between exam rooms was so poor that I could hear virtually...
by ABD Engineering and Design | Acoustics
You don't have to spend a lot of time in hospitals to find out that patients are sick of the noise in their rooms. Press Ganey surveys, current literature on the subject, and the unsolicited comments we receive while measuring sound levels in hospitals all confirm...
