Scarborough Hospital
Sector
Healthcare
Size
Four storey, 142,000 square feet
Number of Offices
27
Other Requirements
Public spaces and patient care areas
Harkel Design Partner
PRISM Partners, specialty healthcare consultants led the operational commissioning and collaborated with a healthcare interior design consultant and The Scarborough Hospital.
Manufacturers
Global Contract, Global Upholstery, Global Care, Nightingale, Spec Furniture, Ergohuman, Humanscale
Project Overview
The new state-of-the-art Emergency and Critical Care Centre at The Scarborough Hospital, which opened in July 2009, not only provides a revolutionary approach to emergency care but delivers its healthcare services in a modern, comfortable environment for patients, visitors and its professional and administrative staff.
Project Objectives
- Create a modern, inviting and comfortable environment for the hospital's new and expanded emergency department, new satellite diagnostic imaging department, a consolidated critical care centre and new public spaces.
- Satisfy considerations specific to a health care environment
Solutions
- Furniture finishes that satisfied stringent infection control protocols and cleaning requirements including the use of easily cleaned fabrics for public seating and patient care seating and surfaces.
- The creation of inviting, comfortable and aesthetically pleasing public waiting areas that took into consideration public traffic flow, patient wait times and long term use.
- Selecting appropriate patient care furnishings to suit specific patient care needs such as high back patient chairs with a flexible back.
- Providing efficient administrative environments that do not look clinical and provide an appropriate level of work-surface and storage solutions.
- Creating aesthetically pleasing offices and work areas that provide staff comfort and flexibility of use.
Benefits
- Patient, Staff and Visitors benefit from a well thought-out Health Care environment that takes into consideration both practical and aesthetic aspects. Resulting in bright, aesthetic & comfortable spaces suitable for various needs of a Health Care Environment.
- Project completed on time, on budget