Private Patient Rooms

Lankenau has begun its conversion of all patient rooms from semi-private to private, utilizing evidence-based design—features that have been shown to enhance patient safety and comfort and promote healthy outcomes. By the summer of 2013, all of our patient rooms will be single occupancy, with features such as:

• Private bathrooms with step-in showers

• Large windows with natural light

• Individual air controls

• Soothing colors and decor for a more relaxing environment

• Furnished space for family members

• Flat-screen televisions

• Hotel-style room service

Patient care units will utilize advances in technology and architectural design to maximize communication, workflow efficiency, infection control and patient safety:

• Cart at every bedside for in-room charting; secure computer access in hallways for rounding physicians and staff; and individual medication box outside each patient room to reduce risk of errors and increase efficiency

• Sinks and instrumentation in each room, and Avagard disinfectant and lab coat hangers outside each room, to reduce risk for infection 

• Identical room orientation and layout to improve functionality and reduce the chance of errors

• Decentralized work pods with clear sight lines for observation, to enable nurses to work closer to their patients and reduce travel to main nurses' station

• Improved nurse call system and rubber flooring to reduce noise in unit for greater patient comfort

• No-touch access system at unit entrances to reduce risk of infection

• Alcoves for equipment to reduce the risk of hallway accidents and ease patient transport

• Central Monitoring Room that enables specially-trained technicians to observe all telemetry beds throughout the hospital. Telemetry is technology that enables 24/7 remote monitoring of a patient's heart rhythm; in addition to in-room and on-unit observation, this ensures the highest level of patient safety and best outcomes