tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108456.post-23818005126139134782008-07-24T07:54:00.000-05:002008-07-24T07:54:00.000-05:002008-07-24T07:54:00.000-05:00I think the service corridor is a great concept, but often requires new construction to make it happen. Going through a typical hospital main cooridor, it's not fun to dodge powered vehicles pulling carts with food trays or maintenance carts... it's not fun as a working visitor to the hospital, it sure couldn't be fun if you were using a walker and a truck came racing around the corner (ignoring the "standardized work" of slowing down or stopping, or using the mirrors up above the cooridor intersection.<BR/><BR/>In another instance, I know of a hospital that designed a U-shaped set of emergency department bays. The rooms were accessed by staff and patients from the inside of the U (with a nurses' station in the middle). Supply restocking and other activities took place in a hallway around the outside of the U. The E.D. rooms could be restocked from the back, by people who never entered the E.D. room or interfered with patient care (loading supplies from the back, the way milk is loaded at the supermarket).Mark Grabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07953086531083611251noreply@blogger.com