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About new medical-treatment environment

The outline of 6 institutions of the university hospital in the instruction-position, and inside of private and large-scale hospitals in the U.S. are introduced. Maintenance of environment formed in the position of the medical range to deal with, patients, and the nursing persons are performed as what had been called hospital until now is known also from changing the medical center, medical city, and, etc. environment of hospitals are built like a hotel so that an everyday life and a comfortable life which does not change may give even in medical treatment. There are also space of rest and a place which is attached in a shopping town. In the private case, it was thought especially that this tendency was progressing.

Visit hospitals

1.The University of Michigan Medical Center (Detroit)

2. New York University Medical Center

3. Duke University Hospital (Raleigh,N.C.)

4. Humana Hospital Medical City Dallas

5. Memorial Southwest Hospital (Houston)

6. Valley Presbyterian Hospital (Loss Angels)

About MediQual

Lighting of the entrance lobby

There are much green, and daylight goes into the atrium, and it has become the bright comfortable place.
As an object for the central parts of the atrium, lighting uses HID luminaires and is carrying out line lighting of fluorescent luminaires as an object for circumference parts. In order to improve visual environment, indirect lighting is carried out to the aspect of affairs part of construction lighting of the wall side circumference, and a low ceiling.

Lighting of the entrance

It is designed so that light may come out also to the upper part of the suspend type fluorescent luminaires , and it is considered so that a ceiling may become bright. Glass block use is carried out also in construction at a wall, and the amount of lighting is made many.

Lighting of the wall side of a main lobby

The labels in which the gratitude to people whom the wall of the main lobby front contributed for the hospital are shown are put up. As they build the patterns of light which continue by carrying out the near arrangement of the down lights at a wall as lighting for emphasizing a wall side, the degree of illumination has been secured.

Lighting of a counselor corner

Before receiving a medical examination of a doctor, consultation can win popularity individually at the counselor corner which is near the receptionist.Local lighting is carried out to each consultation corner with the fluorescent luminaires with milky white cover for lighting of the whole room.

Lighting of a passage

Dome-like a high ceiling is illuminated with indirect lighting of fluorescent luminaires. The glass cases which the wall of a passage were alike in some places, and incorporated the down lights are arranged, and fine-arts elegance, such as small sculptures, are exhibited. they think having considered equipments required for a care of the heart.

Lighting of the passage of the word

It is the passage of wards like a hotel for a comparatively light sick people. An object and pictures are attached to an eye like a photograph. It seems that there is also a green thing and it is not unified by others although guidance light of a red character is used here.

Lighting of a rebirth child medical-examination room

As for whole lighting, the two 40W luminaires for U type fluorescent lamp are used. In addition to this there is a spotlight (black) for medical treatment and radiation of 15000 lx was made to the naked baby.

Lighting of a medical-examination room

The wall light which light comes in the direction of the upper and lower sides is attached in the wall of a medical-examination room. Color coordination of the whole surface makeup board is carried out with the bed or furniture in the grain tone.

Lighting of a diagnostic room

Luminaires are installed to the circumference part of the room in the place where large-sized machines, such as MRI room, CT room, and a radiation medical-treatment room, are installed. In this case, fluorescent luminaires and incandescent lamp luminaires are used together. Since MRI room becomes a high magnetic field, generally, material which wears magnetism(steel etc.) uses only incandescent lamps without using it. Although a control room adjoins and is prepared, in order to make a monitor legible here, generally, luminaires with louver are used.

Lighting of an operation room
It is operation light (non-shadow) of the room which carries out a comparative small operation. The six 40W recessed fluorescent luminaires with a cover are installed around this.

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May 1,1998 /April 1,1997