Bakgrund: Att vårdas i en flerbäddssal med andra medpatienter kan medföra både positiva och negativa erfarenheter för patienter. När en människa intar rollen som patient hamnar hen i en situation där patientens avskildhet kan bli svår att bevara och värdigheten kan bli hotad. Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva patienters erfarenheter av att vårdas i en flerbäddssal med andra medpatienter.  Metod: En litteraturöversikt baserad på tio vetenskapliga studier, varav nio var kvalitativa och en var både kvalitativ och kvantitativ. Studierna som erhölls ifrån databaserna CINAHL och PUBMED analyserades och sammanställdes. Resultat: Resultatet presenteras i fyra huvudteman och sju subteman. Det första huvudtemat benämns som Att vårdas i en flerbäddssal med tre subteman; Betydelsen av att ha sällskap av medpatienter, Stödjande samtal av medpatienter och Bevara självständighet och värdighet genom ett oberoende. Det andra huvudtemat benämns som Patienternas upplevelse av att vistas i en flerbäddssal med andra medpatienter med ett subtema; Att vårdas i en könsblandad flerbäddsal som ett hot mot värdigheten. Det tredje huvudtemat benämns som Patienters upplevelse av att höra och föra ett samtal i en flerbäddssal med ett subtema; Draperiernas betydelse för avskildhet i en flerbäddssal. Det fjärde huvudtemat benämns som Svårigheter med att bevara avskildhet i en flerbäddssal med ett subtema; Strategier för att vara avskild i en flerbäddssal. Diskussion: Diskussionen baseras på litteraturöversikten resultat, där författarna diskuterar resultatet utifrån livsvärldsbegreppet och konsensusbegreppet människa. I diskussionen lyfts de nämnda erfarenheter som förekom i resultatdelen och hur sjuksköterskan kan förhålla sig till och arbeta för att tillgodose patientens individuella behov. / Background: Being cared for in multiple-bed hospital rooms with other fellow patients can have both positive and negative experiences for patients. When a person takes the role of patient harbors she/he in a situation where the patient's privacy can be difficult conserved and dignity can be threatened. Aim: The aim was to explore patients' experiences of being cared for in multiple-bed hospital room with other fellow patients. Method: A literature review based on ten scientific studies, of which nine was qualitative and one was both qualitative and quantitative. The studies were obtained from CINAHL and PUBMED which are then analyzed and compiled. Results: The results are presented in four main themes and seven subthemes. The first main theme is referred to as being cared for in a multiple-bed room with three subthemes: The importance of having the company of fellow patients, promoting conversations of fellow patients and preserve the autonomy and dignity towards the staff .The second main theme is referred to as patients' experience of staying in a multiple-bed room with other fellow patients with a subtema; Being cared for in a mixed-gender multiple-bed room as a threat to dignity. The third main theme is referred to as Patients' experience of hearing and having a conversation in a multiple-bed room with a subtema; The curtains importance of privacy in a multiple-bed room. The fourth main theme is referred to as Difficulties with preserving privacy in a multiple-bed room with a subtema; Strategies to be private in a multiple-bed room. Discussions: The discussion is based on the literature review results, which the authors discuss the results based on the life-world concept and consensus concept of human. The discussion highlighted those experiences that occurred in the results section and how the nurse can relate to and work to meet individual patient needs.

Surgical Site Infections (SSI) are a significant and potentially preventable source of illness and death for surgical patients. An unknown, but potentially significant fraction of SSI may be caused by airborne infectious particles. Improved or optimized room air distribution may reduce these infections by minimizing the transport of infectious particles into the surgical site. A sophisticated CFD analysis, previously conducted by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), found that a buoyant thermal plume produced by heat from the surgical site itself could play a significant role in protecting the site from infectious particles. This study experimentally determines the airflow patterns around a simulated patient in a mock operating room using particle image velocimetry (PIV) to find the influence of the buoyant thermal plume on the flow. In addition, independent CFD analysis was performed using a standard commercial CFD program both to help guide and interpret the experimental results and to test the performance of a more readily available tool in predicting the experimental findings. The results of the experimental results and CFD analysis were quantitatively compared to find their agreement.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2009. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-89). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thèse (M.A.) -- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 2005. / Bibliogr.: f. 54. Document électronique également accessible en format PDF. CaQCU

Thesis (M.H.A.)--University of Michigan, 1963.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Magdeburg, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-505).

Originally presented as the author's Thesis (doctoral)--Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 2002/2003. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [501]-529) and indexes.

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Originally presented as the author's Thesis (doctoral)--Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 2002/2003. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [501]-529) and indexes.