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Tiina Yli-Karhu
Design Coordinator at the Hospital District of South OstrobothniaPhD Candidate at University of Tampere
Designing the ICU for the Future –Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Finland
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• Finland • Evicures - Design project• ICU - Construction project• Discussion• Conclusion
Designing the ICU for the Future
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• Population 5.5 million• Capital Helsinki• Healthcare structure: University hospitals – Central
hospitals – Regional hospitals – Health centers• Almost 400.000 people work in health and social sector
Finland
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is famous for
Finland
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To develope a new user-friendly design modelfor intensive and intermediate care facilities.
Evicures - Design project
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To design the first ICU in Finland based on single patient room concept.
Evicures - Design project
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• Co-design• Virtual environment
• Pre-occupancy evaluation• Workshops• Physical studies• Evidence-based design
Methods and tools
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Co-design refers to creativity that is shared withdesigners and people not trained in design
working together in the design development process.
(Sanders &Stappers, 2008)
Co-design
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Participants• 47 multi-professionalgroups• 250 nurses, physicians, housekeepers, technicians, designers, administration,research institutes, companies
Co-design and virtual environment
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Virtual laboratory (CAVE)
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Three design phases• Patient room• Bathroom• Nurse station
Co-design and virtual environment
Model: Architect Jääskeläinen
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Requirements for single rooms• Good visibility
• Natural light and views of nature
• Good lighting
• Good acoustics
• Ceiling lifts
• Adequate space
• Hand hygiene
Evidence-based design
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Requirements for construction• Electric glass walls and doors
• Standardized rooms
• Grouping of patient rooms
• New technology for care
• Windows
• Dynamic lighting
• Temperature and ventilation control
Requirements from Evicures-project
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• Situated in the middle of the hospital• Size 2400 square meters• One united intensive and intermediate
care unit• Six intensive and 18 intermediate
care rooms including 2 isolation rooms
The new ICU Emergencyunit
ICU
Operating theatres
X-ray
EmergencyX-ray
Model: Architect Jääskeläinen
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One united intensive and intermediate care unit
Intensivecare
Coronarycare unit
Gastro-surgical
observationunit
Neurologicalintermediate
care
Interventionalcardiac unit
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Grouping of rooms
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Standardized rooms
Mobile cabinets
Ceiling lifts
Requirements to fulfil
Photo: Samuel Hoisko
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Good visibility
Privacy
Requirements to fulfil
Photo: Samuel Hoisko
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Good visibility
Requirements to fulfil
Photo: Samuel Hoisko
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Temperature and
ventilation control
Requirements to fulfil
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Acoustics
Dynamic lighting
Windows
Requirements to fulfil
Photo: Samuel Hoisko
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Technology
Smartphones
Requirements to fulfil
Photo: Samuel Hoisko
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Technology
Smart control centre
Requirements to fulfil
Photo: Samuel Hoisko
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Technology
Smart medicine cabinets
Requirements to fulfil
Photo: Samuel Hoisko
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How to facilitate the participationof end-users?
What are the pros and cons?
Discussion
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New ICU opened April 2018
Post-occupancy evaluationautumn 2019
Conclusion
Photo: Samuel Hoisko
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More information:www.evicures.fihttps://www.vtt.fi/inf/pdf/technology/2016/T252.pdfhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC-wrfP6TQY
Tiina Yli-KarhuEmail: [email protected]: +358 50 4745200
Thank you!