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Architectural Improvement plans in a quarantine system for Senior facilities

  • JOURNAL OF THE KOREA INSTITUTE OF HEALTHCARE ARCHITECTURE
  • Abbr : KIHA
  • 2021, 27(3), pp.61-69
  • DOI : 10.15682/jkiha.2021.27.3.61
  • Publisher : Korea Institute Of Healthcare Architecture
  • Research Area : Engineering > Architectural Engineering
  • Received : August 17, 2021
  • Accepted : September 7, 2021
  • Published : September 15, 2021

Kang, Jeeeun 1 Kwon, Soon-Jung 2 Lee, Hyunjin 3

1호서대학교
2아주대학교
3건양대학교

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ABSTRACT

Purpose: Senior long-term care facilities are vulnerable to a cluster infection because of frequent physical contact, large group dining, communal living, and room sharing. This study aims to provide architectural improvement plan for a quarantine system in the facilities. Methods: Actual quarantine action data, guidelines from governments and institutes, in-depth interviews with facility staff are analyzed. Results: To prevent a cluster infection in the senior facilities, it is necessary to provide an architectural plan focusing on increasing the number of single rooms and isolation rooms, providing isolation rooms for staff, separation of a soiled room from a clean room, planning an entry vestibule and a visitor’s room. Implications: It is important to analyze the existing condition of facilities that had been going through cohort isolation and provide the architectural solution to strengthen infection control.

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