{"id":1669,"date":"2014-04-16T16:02:35","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T20:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.229.122.34\/en\/?p=1669"},"modified":"2021-02-17T13:54:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T18:54:54","slug":"what-do-you-think-of-the-room-of-the-future-tour-the-room-and-offer-feedback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/uncategorized\/what-do-you-think-of-the-room-of-the-future-tour-the-room-and-offer-feedback\/","title":{"rendered":"What do you think of the \u201cRoom of the Future\u201d? Tour the room and offer feedback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-center\"><em>Sue Batista, Director of Housekeeping and Transportation, wants staff members to tour the \u201croom of the future\u201d and record their feedback in the logbook.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s warm, calm and a great place for patients to heal. The \u201croom of the future\u201d \u2013 now a showroom (8213) at the General Campus \u2013 will become standard across TOH over the next three to five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are creating a standard look and feel for inpatient rooms, including standardizing the colour and type of patient furniture so they all fit well together,\u201d said Sue Batista, Director of Housekeeping and Transportation. \u201cUntil now, TOH has been sporting an eclectic look that is in need of a makeover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another showroom is being constructed at the Civic Campus (A554). Batista would like doctors, clinical staff, patients and visitors to tour the rooms and offer feedback. Information cards placed around the rooms explain the key features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No-wax flooring. Stripping and waxing floors takes time, creates odours and&nbsp; requires coordination between Housekeeping and the clinical areas. Plus, droplets of Purell eat the wax!<\/li>\n<li>Senior-friendly low-sheen flooring helps prevent slips.<\/li>\n<li>No counters in washrooms decreases clutter.<\/li>\n<li>Furniture, floors and wall panels in calming shades of \u201ciced coffee\u201d and \u201chenna.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Clorox-friendly sink, tile and doors.<\/li>\n<li>Overbed table that\u2019s easy to clean, repair and use.<\/li>\n<li>New closet for personal belongings and patient totes, to reduce clutter.<\/li>\n<li>Light switches combined with call button and TV controls on one hand control.<\/li>\n<li>Electrical outlets placed higher for easier access by nurses.<\/li>\n<li>A poster area for hospital messages as well as patient cards and photos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The concept for the model rooms arose from last year\u2019s SWAT teams for fighting hospital infections. Batista led a group that came up with many strategies to help housekeepers more easily disinfect patient rooms and reduce the spread of infections. Sarah Carkner, Wayfinding and Design Coordinator, liaised with construction crews, suppliers and designers to help the team make choices.<\/p>\n<p>Each room has a log book where viewers can record their feedback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would love to receive varied perspectives and feedback to help refine and improve the model,\u201d said Batista.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\">\n<table class=\"table\" style=\"width: 586px; margin: 0 auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 286px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1674 size-medium img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/JAprilRoomofFuture1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"What do you think of the \u201cRoom of the Future\u201d? 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The \u201croom of the future\u201d \u2013 now a showroom (8213) at the General Campus \u2013 will become standard across TOH [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":1670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}