Healthcare
confidentHospital noise, still above the WHO floor
Of the two environmental levers on inpatient sleep, noise control is the better proven and the cheaper, while tunable lighting for the general ward is the one the evidence does not yet support.
- Key findings
- Hospitals run loud and bright around the clock
- Noise is the better proven lever, and it is proven in the ward
- Light helps patients with disrupted circadian systems
- Air, humidity and temperature point the right way but are too thin to decide on
- What the evidence does not yet show
- Implications
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