Open AccessBuilding a Covid-19 secure intensive care unit: A human-centred design approach
Author(s) -
Jody Ede,
David Garry,
Graham Barker,
Owen Gustafson,
Elizabeth A. King,
Hannah Routley,
Christopher Biggs,
Cherry Lumley,
Lyn Bennett,
Stephanie C. Payne,
Andrew Ellis,
Clinton Green,
Nathan Smith,
Laura Vincent,
Matthew Holdaway,
Peter Watkinson
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
the journal of the intensive care society/journal of the intensive care society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.551
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2057-360X
pISSN - 1751-1437
DOI - 10.1177/17511437221092685
Subject(s) - patient safety , workflow , task (project management) , health care , computer science , nursing , medicine , engineering , systems engineering , database , economics , economic growth
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted weaknesses in the National Health Service critical care provision including both capacity and infrastructure. Traditionally, healthcare workspaces have failed to fully incorporate Human-Centred Design principles resulting in environments that negatively affect the efficacy of task completion, patient safety and staff wellbeing. In the summer of 2020, we received funds for the urgent construction of a Covid-19 secure critical care facility. The aim of this project was to design a pandemic resilient facility centred around both staff and patient requirements and safety, within the available footprint.