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Critical care medicine · Mar 1995
Practice Guideline GuidelineGuidelines for intensive care unit design. Guidelines/Practice Parameters Committee of the American College of Critical Care Medicine, Society of Critical Care Medicine.
- Crit. Care Med. 1995 Mar 1;23(3):582-8.
ObjectivesTo develop guidelines that can serve as a reference for healthcare institutions wishing to design a new intensive care unit (ICU) or modify an existing ICU.Data SourcesMedical, nursing, and architectural/design literatures from 1975 to the present related to ICU structure and function; current regulatory standards; consensus opinion of physicians, nurses, and architects with expertise in the ICU environment.Data SynthesisPreference was given to regulatory standards and outcomes-based studies. If none was found, studies showing trends or preferences were combined with consensus opinion to derive models combining cost-efficiency and function.ConclusionsICU design should reflect a multidisciplinary team approach by physician, nursing, administrative, and technical personnel. An optimum ICU design is described herein. Acceptable variations are indicated and essential aspects are emphasized.
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