Bae Suyeon, Asojo Abimbola O
Department of Architectural Studies, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
Interior Design, Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.
Glob J Qual Saf Healthc. 2020 Apr 28;3(3):89-97. doi: 10.36401/JQSH-19-33. eCollection 2020 Aug.
Healthcare environments consist of a variety of different fomites containing infectious agents. From the 2003 outbreaks of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome to the recent concerns about the Ebola and Zika viruses, interest in the role of healthcare environment fomites in spreading infectious diseases has increased. Because of a high risk of being exposed to infections, the goal of this study was to learn how hospital interior environments impact nurses' perceptions of safety about infectious diseases.
Semistructured, in-depth interviews were conducted with six nurses at a public hospital.
The following three themes were identified: (1) perceptions of safety from infectious diseases were diverse among the participants; (2) various interior environments in hospital settings can prevent as well as promote the spreading of infectious diseases; and (3) the different perceptions influenced the ways participants developed their contrasting behaviors of treating interior environments to cope with their fears (e.g., how they open doors).
The findings from this study contribute to the existing body of knowledge on designing hospital interior environments to better understand nurses' perception of infectious diseases.
医疗环境由各种含有传染源的不同污染物组成。从2003年严重急性呼吸系统综合征的爆发到近期对埃博拉病毒和寨卡病毒的担忧，人们对医疗环境污染物在传播传染病中所起作用的关注度有所增加。由于接触感染的风险很高，本研究的目的是了解医院内部环境如何影响护士对传染病安全性的认知。
对一家公立医院的六名护士进行了半结构化的深入访谈。
确定了以下三个主题：（1）参与者对传染病安全性的认知各不相同；（2）医院环境中的各种内部环境既可以预防也可以促进传染病的传播；（3）不同的认知影响了参与者形成不同行为方式来处理内部环境以应对恐惧的方式（例如，他们开门的方式）。
本研究结果有助于丰富关于设计医院内部环境的现有知识体系，以便更好地理解护士对传染病的认知。
