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“Through design innovations such as the ceiling light shows, the healing environment of the HSCT Unit gently and playfully gives the children back some of the feelings of control and self-expression that they gave up along the way. In so doing, like all truly healing environments, it coaxes them back to the land of well-being.”Banker & Tradesman: Healing Designs - Critical Pediatric Unit Combines Best of Technology and Creative Comforts
Description
The intensity of treatment for stem cell transplantation, along with an extended 60-70 day length-of-stay, denotes that the patients’ physical and psychological comfort is crucial to their healing process. The architectural and interior design of the Stem Cell Transplant Center improves the quality of patient care by offering patients a feeling of freedom and control over their environment, increasing their mobility and comfort while offering protection for compromised immune systems. Colorful furnishings and finishes, open nursing areas, and windows that visually link patient rooms to the corridor are among the design elements that help patients feel less confined. A new lighting system integrated with computers in each room allows patients to select lighting colors, patterns, and rhythms, either alone or synchronized with music played on the computer. Highly purified water and air filtration allows patients to walk freely from patient room to corridors, playroom and family room.
Distinctions
- Banker & Tradesman
- Healing Designs: Critical Pediatric Unit Combines Best of Technology and Creative Comforts
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“Through design innovations such as the ceiling light shows, the healing environment of the HSCT Unit gently and playfully gives the children back some of the feelings of control and self-expression that they gave up along the way. In so doing, like all truly healing environments, it coaxes them back to the land of well-being.”