The American hospital of the twentieth century; a treatise on the development of medical institutions, both in Europe and in America, since the beginning of the present century . eedom from these dis-turbing noises. In maternity departments, the nursery,the delivery room, and the labor roomshould be as far as possible frompatients rooms, and should be isolatedby at least two intermediate doors. (SeeChapter VI, on Maternity Depart-ment.) The operating department should bewell removed from all others, preferablyon a separate floor or in a separatepavilion. Floors which minimize the noise,either
The American hospital of the twentieth century; a treatise on the development of medical institutions, both in Europe and in America, since the beginning of the present century . eedom from these dis-turbing noises. In maternity departments, the nursery,the delivery room, and the labor roomshould be as far as possible frompatients rooms, and should be isolatedby at least two intermediate doors. (SeeChapter VI, on Maternity Depart-ment.) The operating department should bewell removed from all others, preferablyon a separate floor or in a separatepavilion. Floors which minimize the noise,either of cork or linoleum, should beused in the sick rooms; and noiselesshardware and door checks to preventslamming, etc., should be considered inthe construction of the building. Outside noises, such as street cars,railroads, trafiic on the pavement, manu-facturing plants in the vicinity, etc., can 20 TH1-: AMERICAN HOSPITAL be avoided only by proper location. Thisshould receive serious consideration. A few examples of both the Europeanand the American ward units will serve to illustrate some of the importantpoints, EUROPEAN WARD UNITS. It will be noticed that in the Dannbcck. OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 21 a T^DI ^ ^ 0 <^ u O a fa O the largest ward is sixteen beds () ; that from each ward is a liegelialleor airing balcony; that each ward has itstageraiim or day room; that the servingkitchen, sink rooms, and toilets are re-moved from the vicinity of the patientsrooms; and that each ward unit has alaboratory and a surgical dressing ward building proper is two storiesin height, with room on the third floorfor a few nurses for quick call. The operating building of this hospitalof fifteen hundred beds has but two op-erating rooms, so that many of the minorsurgical procedures are done in the surgi-cal dressing rooms which are in each Barmbeck unit is an unusually goodand complete one. The Rigs Hospital ward unit (Fig. 21)has much to commend it as worthy ofstudy,
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