Optimizing Alarm Management in the NICU: Designing Interfaces for supporting nurses to customize Alarm Limits

In the realm of healthcare, the effective management of alarm systems within the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is of paramount importance to ensure patient safety and reduce alarm fatigue among nurses. This study presents a comprehensive exploration of designing interfaces tailored to nurses' needs for adjusting alarm limits, aimed at...

Improving the quality of the acoustic environment in neonatal intensive care units: a review of scientific literature and technological solutions

There is an increased awareness of how the quality of the acoustic environment impacts the lives of human beings. Several studies have shown that sound pollution has adverse effects on many populations, from infants to adults, in different environments and workplaces. Hospitals are susceptible environments that require special attention since...

Design Guidelines for Light and Noise Management in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) are environments with a high level of sensory stress. Medical advances and technology have contributed to increase the ratio of survival of premature infants but some devices and practices expose these babies to excessive noise and toxic sensory stimuli for which they are not prepared. This is related to...

Physical characteristics of environment affecting health and wellbeing of parents and medical professionals in the neonatal intensive care unit: A discrete choice experiment

In this thesis the influence of the physical design characteristics on the well-being of users (parents and medical professionals) in the NICU is studied. Discrete choice models, with vignettes, is used to assess the influence of the physical design characteristics on the well-being of users. This reveals the influence of severa NICU design...

Intimacy and Nature: A healing environment for mother and child on basis of evidence-based architecture (Dutch: Intimiteit met Natuur: Een helende omgeving voor moeder en kind op basis van evidence-based architectuur)

This is my thesis research at the Architectural Engineering studio of the TU Delft faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment. The research paper proposes design directives by which an architect can foresee on the design for the new built and retrofit of a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for an academic hospital.

Design of a new generation incubator covers for the NICU

In this graduation report the design of a new generation incubator covers is described. In the Netherlands about 8% of all infants are born premature each year. A little 3000 of these infants are extremely premature; they are born before 32 weeks of pregnancy. Premature infants have to spend the beginning of their life in an incubator. The...

'Go-to' market strategy for Ambient Experience in the field of neonatal intensive care

Philips Healthcare wants to enter the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) market with Ambient Experience (AE). This requires a well-thought out business plan that demonstrates why it is interesting for Philips to enter the NICU market with AE. There are different methods to determine why Philips should (not) enter the NICU market with AE. Design...