SOUNDSCAPE OF ICU IN A HOSPITAL

• Main Author: RIZKI (NIM : 13311043); EZRA THEODORUS TANDIAN (NIM : 13311047), ANDIKA
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/19874
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Hospitals are one of a few workplaces that requires noise-free environment, especially inside the intensive care unit (ICU) where high precision is needed. Even though noise-free environment is needed, according to soundscape, not all sources of sound can be nullified because some sources are deemed important. Moreover, research about noise on hospitals which puts nurses as the object of their research are still few and far between. This study discusses how to asses the accoustic condition of an intensive care unit in a hospital, both objectively via measuring the noise levels and subjectively via questionnaires which are distributed to the nurses working inside the ICU. Result showed that the acoustic condition of the ICU at the hospital is bad, both based on objective data which is compared with the quality standards of WHO and Ministry of Health of Indonesia and based on the subjective opinion of nurses working in the room. In this study also presented some improvements that can be made to produce a more comfortable work environment for nurses in the room. The improvements include installation of a diffuser and absorber at nurseward's ceiling that can lower the <br /> <br /> <br /> sound levels from 59-66 dBA to 56-63 dBA, replacing ceiling and wall materials in the area around patients that can reduce sound levels from 59-66 dBA to 55-64 <br /> <br /> <br /> dBA, removing the nurse ward that can reduce the noise level from59-66 dBA to54-62 dBA, and grouping patients who need ventilator machines which can lower noise levels from 67-81 dBA to 64- 72 dBA in areas outside the region of patients who need ventilator machines.