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In the last decades, public and governmental awareness on thermal comfort and indoor air quality (IAQ) has been growing. In buildings the number of potential pollutants is significant, and even low concentration levels can cause health problems (increased incidence of asthma and allergies, for example) if combined effects are considered. Therefore, the assessment of thermal comfort conditions and IAQ is very important to ensure health, wellbeing and productivity. This paper presents the results of a thermal comfort conditions and IAQ assessment of two hospital buildings with natural ventilation. The goal of this study was to verify the thermal and IAQ conditions inside Portuguese hospital buildings. The air temperature, the black bulb temperature, air velocity, relative humidity and the concentration of suspended particles, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, ozone, formaldehyde and total volatile organic compounds were measured. A standard questionnaire was delivered to the occupants to also obtain a subjective assessment of the thermal comfort and IAQ conditions. The results showed that, in general, the occupants were uncomfortable and that the main IAQ problems were related to high concentrations of carbon dioxide, volatile organic compounds and ...

After two decades of privatization of building maintenance service in government hospitals in Malaysia, evidence of under-maintained hospital buildings suggests a need to raise the level of hospital maintenance service delivery. This study identified the critical success factors to enhance the value outcomes of hospital maintenance service. A total of 66 questionnaire survey responses from maintenance personnel in public hospitals were analyzed using the Importance-Performance Matrix Analysis (IPMA) in the SmartPLS3.0 software. The Importance versus the Performance of value-based practices was mapped to identify the critical areas that require greater considerations to improve maintenance service delivery. The findings revealed four critical success factors: Responsive to Needs, Integrated Service Solutions, Innovative Improved Practices, and Value for Money. These practices were found to be the impetus that can bring significant enhancement to hospital building maintenance service delivery. Although the findings are based on data derived from public hospitals in Malaysia, the outcomes are applicable to private hospitals both in and outside of Malaysia.

In the last decades, public and governmental awareness on thermal comfort and indoor air quality (IAQ) has been growing. In buildings the number of potential pollutants is significant, and even low concentration levels can cause health problems (increased incidence of asthma and allergies, for example) if combined effects are considered. Therefore, the assessment of IAQ is very important to ensure health, well-being and productivity. This paper presents the results of a thermal comfort conditions and IAQ assessment of two hospital buildings with natural ventilation. The air temperature, the black bulb temperature, air velocity, relative humidity and the concentration of suspended particles, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, ozone, formaldehyde and total volatile organic compounds were measured. A standard questionnaire was delivered to the occupants to also obtain a subjective assessment of the thermal comfort and IAQ conditions. The goal of this study was to verify the thermal and IAQ conditions inside Portuguese hospital buildings. The results showed that, in general, the occupants were uncomfortable and that the main IAQ problems were related to high concentrations of carbon dioxide, volatile organic compounds and formaldehyde. ...

This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Elsevier under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Full details of this licence are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd-4.0/. This paper was presented at the 3rd SCESCM International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering Structures and Construction Materials, September 5th-7th 2016, Bali, Indonesia: http://conference.tsipil.ugm.ac.id/scescm/ ; Since the publication of the Conseil International du Bâtiment or CIB's Agenda 21, local government has become an agent of change to achieve sustainability in development policy-making, including implementation of building standards. The Indonesian Earthquake-Resistant Building Standard was recently revised after considering sustainability and earthquake damage reduction methods by drawing on lessons learnt from past earthquakes. However, the willingness of building practitioners and local authorities to deal with those changes, particularly on the budget implications of project execution and appropriate procurement mechanisms, has raised a number of issues. Several of these stem from the lack of awareness and consistency in educating practitioners and officials. As a consequence, the implementation of the new standard has been slow and problematic. This paper presents a case study the impact of implementing and retrofitting a new earthquake resistance standard in a public hospital building in the middle of project execution. The research undertook structural simulation and field observation on an eight-storey public hospital building in Indonesia. The research found that the capabilities of contractors and awareness of local authorities of dynamical changes of policy implementation affected the project success. The analysis suggests that empirical guidance by the local authority is required for practical adjustments in governing retrofitting procedures in public building management.

This study examines the state of maintenance of public hospitalbuildings in Southwest Nigeria, and in the process identifi es thesignifi cant difference(s) in the operational state of Federal andState-owned public hospitals within the study area. In achievingthe aim, the study adopts a survey technique with a total of552 questionnaires, comprising 206 sampled maintenancestaff and 346 users of public hospitals. The survey covers 46public hospitals representing 40% of the total number of publichospitals existing in Southwest Nigeria. The 46 public hospitalsconsist of all the 11 Federal-owned hospitals and 35 randomlyselected State-owned. Data collected are analysed using theKendall Coeffi cient of Concordance and Pearson Chisquare. Thefi ndings of the study reveal that the state of maintenance of publichospital buildings is good. While the structure/fabric and physicalconditions are rated highly, the services are poorly rated. Thisstudy, which hypothesises that there is no difference in the stateof maintenance, fi nds statistical difference in the performance ofthe services. It recommends that Federal and State governmentsaddress neglect in the services sector and plan their maintenanceprogrammes more effectively.

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Hospitals are vital infrastructures, but they can be particularly susceptible if located in an earthquake-prone area. Estimating the performance and projected damage of these structures in the event of future earthquakes is critical to minimize physical damage and disruption of surgery, rehabilitation, laboratory services, and other medical care operations. A quick and low-cost pre-assessment of the sensitivity of these structures will help hospital managements prepare for suitable retrofitting and reconstruction. On the other hand, a seismic risk assessment equires constructing a model that can offer expert opinions in a quantitative, methodical, and quantifiable way while still reflecting the uncertain and imprecise character of the process. This paper proposes a new decision support model by extending Additive Ratio Assessment (ARAS) with interval-valued spherical fuzzy sets. The study includes sensitivity and comparison analyses, practical implications, limitations, and future research avenues. The applicability of our methodology demonstrated a numerical example for assessing the seismic risk levels of hospital buildings.

The guidelines on hospital safety been developed with a target to increase the safety of a hospital structurally and functionally and decrease the risks to human's life. The current government hospitals are mostly been built before these guidelines been developed. There are many factors that put hospitals and health facilities at high risk which includes buildings, their location, design specification and patient. For this paper, researcher's aim is to focus on the current design specification on other countries cases and compare it with the selected government hospitals. In this paper, literature study been done thoroughly on the hospitals and cases which is caused by a poor design. Hospital may differ in area of a small hospital with a less beds and no emergency facilities or city hospital with emergency facilities including extra care, diagnostics service and hundreds of beds. Therefore, designers need to understand how each hospital operates. The latest case in our country in March 2018 is the one that occurred at Hospital Kuala Lumpur. The accident occurred at the forensic department which is caused by short circuit at its store. The fire spread very quick and destroy a portion of the forensic department. The latest incident which occurs in Hospital Sultanah Aminah (HSA) on 28th June 2020. The fire involves the oxygen panel, call bell, vacuum and switch at the bed number five. There is one more case which occurred on 26 October 2016 at Hospital Sultanah Aminah (HSA).

Project no. 99-R003. ; Research study report. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; v. 1. Summary.--v. 2. Feasibility.--v. 3. Sample studies. ; Mode of access: Internet.