Designed & created by

Gavin Wright

Terms & Conditions    30 Smilie Road, Peterlee, Co.Durham, England. SR8 4AN    e-mail

How’s this for a childrens ward. Candy Wolf, Safe Patient Handling consultant at Medcare Products for the Minneapolis area made me aware of this new facility. It is not due to open until 2012 but it almost makes you want to get sick just to have a go.

Patient rooms will …

• Be private with a full bathroom – bathtub and shower combo – large enough to accommodate the patient’s caregiver.
• Nearly double in size to 300 square feet, and have sleeping accommodations for two visitors with a sleeper sofa and trundle bed and a glider recliner that was specifically designed for the hospital.
• Feature a LED color-changing head wall that can be controlled by the

           patient from their bed – “mood lighting” for kids.

• Have a 42-inch flat screen TV.
• Have increased storage with shelves for personal display items, and a dedicated locked drawer for patient/family valuables.
• Have walls with magnetic paint allowing for artwork, get-well cards, etc. to be displayed.
• Come equipped with technology that will support patient identification safety initiatives for medication delivery (bar-coding) and various procedures.
• Have ceiling-mounted lifts for movement of patients that provide increased safety for both patients and staff. They will be located in all rehabilitation rooms and in other select patient rooms throughout the facility.
• Include isolation supplies, frequently accessed supplies and patient medication in secured cabinets located right outside the patient room.
• Have a staff workstation right outside the room so observation and documentation by the nurse can occur without disturbing the patient/family unless necessary.

View from inside and

outside of the room.