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- Title
CHALLENGES OF PROVIDING DAYLIGHT IN OPERATING THEATRES LOCATED IN THE TROPICAL REGIONS: AN EVALUATION STUDY OF DAYLIGHT DESIGN OF OPERATING THEATRES OF SUNGAI BULOH HOSPITAL, SELANGOR, MALAYSIA.
- Authors
Choong-Yew CHANG; PHIRI, Michael; FOTIOS, Steve
- Abstract
The convention of the planning of modern operating theatre (OT) complex worldwide has been based on a deep-plan concept. Majority of the modern OTs were designed in such that the environments resembled specialist equipment rooms, which were usually windowless and thus there was no access to daylight. In contrast to this convention, studies have shown that daylight assists humans in reducing stress and depression, and more daylight is linked to greater job satisfaction of hospital staff. Incorporating daylight in OT can potentially create positive impacts on surgeons since surgical operations require relatively long working hours and intense focus. Research has shown that there are strong associations between patients' satisfaction and surgeons' job satisfaction and working conditions. Therefore daylighting should be an essential consideration in the design of OTs in order to enhance productivity, health and well-being of surgeons and other OT staff. In this paper, we discuss the challenges in daylight design of future OTs in the tropical regions. The empirical study is based on a maternity OT in Sungai Buloh Hospital, Selangor, Malaysia. The aim of the study is to evaluate the potentials of eight different types of windows for the purpose of daylight optimisation in OT. Based on the mapping of OT activities and the two daylighting metrics in the SLL Lighting Guide 2 (Hospital and Health Care Buildings) 2008 - i.e. average daylight factor and uniformity of daylight illumination, it was found that rooflight and roof monitor have the highest daylight performance for OTs.
- Subjects
SELANGOR; DAYLIGHT; OPERATING rooms; WINDOW design &; construction; SURGEONS -- Attitudes
- Publication
Ingineria Iluminatului, 2014, Vol 16, Issue 1, p7
- ISSN
1454-5837
- Publication type
Article