Analysis reveals outdated design guidelines for intensive care units in Brazil, suggesting a necessary update for better outcomes.
The Brazilian government’s minimum requirements for intensive care unit design date back to 2002 and conflict with decades of scientific evidence that emphasize the environment’s impact on patient healing and health care professionals’ performance and errors, jeopardizing patient, family member, and intensive care clinician outcomes. Using guidelines from the United States and Indian Society […]
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