JP2002138698A - Single bed hospital room and method for rebuilding of existing hospital room to single bed rooms - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for rebuilding of an existing hospital room into single bed rooms that helps prevent the inconvenience of making upper and lower floors unusable by pipe shaft work, and of narrowing a passageway side, and that eliminates the need for concrete chipping work. SOLUTION: A method for rebuilding of an existing multiple bed hospital room partitioned and arranged between a passageway 2 and an external window 5 and having no water equipment to single (single bed hospital) rooms 20, arranges water equipment 23 made up of a washbasin 24 and a toilet 25 beside the external window 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for renewing a private room having a water circulating device facing an external window and an existing ward without a water circulating device into a private room having a water circulating device. About.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a ward in a ward, for example, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, there is a well-known configuration in which two beds are arranged vertically and horizontally, and a total of four beds are arranged and a substantially square shape in a plan view. This existing room 1 has a door 3 on one side leading to a passageway 2.
On the opposite side, a balcony 4, that is, a window 5 leading to the outside, is arranged. From the side of the passage 2 to the side of the window 5, partition walls 6, 6 separate the room from other hospital rooms. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 7 denotes a bed,
8 is a curtain.

[0003] By the way, such a sickroom 1 is generally made more efficient by minimizing the space required for the ward, and therefore, there is no water circulating equipment such as a wash basin or a toilet. Therefore, when it is desired to use them, the user goes out of the passage 2 and uses a shared one.

In recent years, however, there has been a demand for a water-supplying facility such as a toilet or a wash basin near the bed 7 in, for example, an acute sick ward, a chronic ward, a palliative care ward, an infectious disease ward, and a geriatric ward. is there. In other words, in these rooms, it is strongly desired that the toilet be closer to the patient than the patient's privacy.

[0005] In response to such a demand, a water-supplying facility is provided in the sickroom 1 as shown in FIG. 3, and the place where the water-supplying facility is provided is renewed from a multi-bed room to a private room. Has been made, in part. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a case where the sickroom 1 shown in FIG. 3 is renewed to form a private room 1a provided with a water circulating facility 9. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the provision of the water circulating equipment 9 forms a single-bed private room 1a from the space of two beds,
The floor space is left as it is to form a two-bed room 1b.

[0006] The water circulating equipment 9 comprises a toilet 10 and a sink 11 and is formed on the side of the passage 2. The bed 7 is arranged on the window 5 side by such a configuration. Reference numeral 12 denotes a word rope.

[0007]

In the renewal method for the private room 1a shown in FIG. 4, since the water circulating equipment 9 is formed on the side of the passage 2, especially when the construction is carried out, There was an inconvenience that continuous floors could not be used due to the construction of the pipe shaft. Further, since the water circulating equipment 9 is formed on the side of the passage 2, the side of the passage 2 which is inevitably the entrance / exit becomes narrow, and the field of view from the passage 2 becomes narrow, making it difficult to visually recognize the nursing state of the patient in the room. In addition, the effective space in the room was narrower than the floor area. In addition, since the water circulating equipment 9 is formed on the side of the passage 2 in this manner, there is a concrete filing work at the time of the construction, and therefore noise and vibration are generated, which is very difficult for patients in another hospital room. It was annoying.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to prevent the inconvenience that the upper and lower floors cannot be used due to the construction of the pipe shaft, and also to prevent the inconvenience due to the narrow passage side. At the same time, the need for concrete scraping work has been eliminated.
An object of the present invention is to provide a method of renewing an existing hospital room into a private room, and a private room obtained by this method.

[0009]

In the private room of the present invention,
A private room that is partitioned and arranged between the passage and the external window, facing the external window, a water basin including a wash basin and a toilet is disposed, and the water circulating device is The means for solving the above-mentioned problem is that the partition is made by a simple partition.

[0010] According to this private room, the plumbing space is disposed facing the outside window, so that the piping space of the plumbing facility can be arranged outdoors. Also becomes wider. In addition, since the water plumbing equipment is partitioned by simple partitions, the privacy of patients is protected by closing the water plumbing equipment when it is used, and the effective space in the room is large compared to the floor area. Becomes

[0011] In addition, if a bed is provided in the vicinity of the water-supply facility, the patient can use the water-supply facility more easily.

In the method of renewing an existing hospital room into a private room according to the present invention, a method of renewing an existing hospital room of a multi-bed room without a water circulating facility, which is partitioned and arranged between a passage and an external window, is used. A solution to the above-mentioned problem is to dispose a water circulating facility including a wash basin and a toilet facing the outside window.

[0013] According to this renewal method, since the water supply equipment is disposed facing the external window, it is possible to arrange the piping space of the water supply equipment outdoors. No need for construction. In addition, by arranging water supply facilities facing the outside window,
The passage side serving as the entrance does not become narrow.

Further, the existing hospital room is a four-bed room in which two beds are arranged vertically and horizontally, and the existing hospital room is divided into two hospital rooms by partitioning from the passage to the outside window. On the other hand, if a water circulating facility consisting of a wash basin and a toilet is arranged facing the outside window, a general four-bed sickroom can be replaced with, for example, a private room having a water circulating facility and a conventional two-bed. The room can be renewed.

[0015] Further, if the water circulating equipment is partitioned by a simple partition, the construction required for the partition is simplified, and the effective space in the room becomes wider than the floor area.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on a method of renewing an existing hospital room into a private room. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a state after renewal of an existing hospital room 1, which is the four-bed room shown in FIG. 3, that is, a square-shaped hospital room 1 having a length and width of 6.0 m × 6.0 m. Reference numeral 20 in FIG. 1 denotes a private room formed after renewal, which is an embodiment of a private room of the present invention. Reference numeral 21 denotes a two-floor room formed after the renewal, and reference numeral 22 denotes a partition wall for partitioning the private room 20 and the two-floor room 21.

In the renewal method of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the existing hospital room 1 shown in FIG. 3 is first formed with a partition wall 22 extending from the passage 2 to the external window 5 to thereby form the partition wall. Each room separated by 22 is a hospital room for two beds. Here, regarding the partition wall 22,
Since it is formed in a place where it does not originally exist, it does not need to be a bearing wall, so it can be a simple structure that simply partitions between both sickrooms, so the construction will also be a wall It can be done simply by assembling the parts.

Next, one of the sickrooms partitioned by the partition wall 22 is provided with a water circulating device 23 facing the balcony 4 side, that is, the window 5 on the side leading to the outside.
This is the private room 20 in the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2 (a), the water circulating equipment 23 includes a wash basin 24 and a toilet 25 in which a toilet is stored.
6, and a movable handrail 27 is disposed near the toilet 25. Here, as for such a water basin 23 including the wash basin 24 and the toilet 25, the pipe 28 is disposed on the veranda 4 outside as shown in FIG. It is arranged, and its outside is covered with, for example, punching metal (not shown) to protect it.

As shown in FIG. 2 (b), such a water-supplying equipment 23 is arranged such that it is separated from the indoor side (passage 2 side) by a simple partition 29 such as a curtain or an encoding door. When the patient uses the water circulating device 23, the simple partition 29 is closed to protect the privacy of the patient.

For the indoor side, the simple partition 29
A bed 30 for a patient is placed in the vicinity of the toilet, and the toilet 25 and the sink 24 are more easily used. A sofa bed 32 is placed on the side of the passage 2 from the bed 30 via a partition 31 so that the patient's family can have a chat or take a nap when the family comes to the meeting. Further, a ward rope 33 is provided on the side of the passage 2 to make it easy to change clothes when going outside.

The door 34 to be attached to the entrance from the passage 2 is of a sliding door type, and the waist portion is made of transparent glass, so that the indoor side can be easily viewed from the passage 2 side. In addition, as for the remaining two beds partitioned by the partition wall 22, the private room 20 renewed by disposing the water circulating equipment 23 in this way, as shown in FIG. The two-bed room 21 is left.

A private room having such a configuration (a private room)
In the renewal method to 20, the water supply equipment 23
Is arranged facing the outside window 5 so that the water
The third pipe 28 can be disposed outdoors, thereby eliminating the need for indoor pipe shaft construction, and avoiding the inconvenience of making it impossible to use floors that are vertically continuous due to pipe shaft construction as in the past. can do. In addition, since the water circulating device 23 is disposed facing the external window 5, the side of the passage 2 serving as an entrance and exit is not narrowed as in the related art. The nursing condition of the patient can be easily recognized.

Further, the existing hospital room 1 of four beds, which is arranged two beds vertically and horizontally, is divided into two hospital beds by forming a partition wall 22 from the passage 2 to the outside window 5, and further into one of the two rooms. By arranging the water circulating equipment 23, the conventional general four-bed sickroom 1 can be renewed into a private room 20 having the water circulating equipment 23 and a conventional two-bed room 21. In this case, since the partition wall 22 does not need to be a bearing wall, the partition wall 22 can be formed by a simple operation such as simply assembling parts of the wall body on the spot. Surrounding equipment 2
By arranging the pipe 3 outside, concrete filing work is not required at the time of construction, so that noise and vibration generated at the time of construction can be minimized.

Further, since the water circulating equipment 23 is partitioned by the simple partition 29 comprising a curtain, an encoding door and the like, the construction required for the partition can be simplified, and the effective space in the room is also shown in FIG. It indicated while the was about 3.9m × 3.0m = 11.7m ² private 1b, the private 10 5.0 m × in this example 3.0 m = 1
It can be 5.07 m ² , which is sufficiently large with respect to the floor area.

In the above embodiment, a four-bed room is used as an existing hospital room. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a multi-bed room having a window leading to the outside can be used. The present invention is applicable to any planar shape and any number of floors.

In the above embodiment, the existing four-bed room is renewed into a private room 20 and a two-bed room 21, but the present invention is not limited to this. It may be renewed so that the number of private rooms 20 in which the water circulating equipment 23 is arranged facing the external window 5 becomes two.

[0027]

As described above, in the private room of the present invention, since the water circulating equipment is disposed facing the outside window, the piping space of the water circulating equipment is disposed outdoors. In addition, it is also possible to widen the side of the passage serving as the entrance. In addition, since the plumbing equipment is partitioned by simple partitions, closing the plumbing equipment when using it can protect the privacy of patients, and furthermore, the effective space in the room is also less than the floor space. Can be wider.

In addition, if a bed is provided in the vicinity of the water-supply facility, the patient can use the water-supply facility more easily.

In the method of renewing an existing hospital room into a private room according to the present invention, the water circulating equipment is arranged facing the outside window, so that the piping space of the water circulating equipment can be arranged outdoors. This eliminates the need for pipeshaft work indoors, and avoids the inconvenience of making it impossible to use floors that are vertically continuous due to pipeshaft work as in the related art. In addition, by arranging the water supply system facing the outside window, the passage side serving as the entrance is not narrowed as in the related art, so that the field of view from the passage is widened and the nursing condition of the patient in the room is reduced. It becomes easy to see.

The existing hospital room is a four-bed room where two beds are arranged vertically and horizontally. The existing hospital room is divided into two rooms by dividing the passage from the passage to the outside window. In addition, if a water-supplying facility is arranged facing the external window, a conventional general four-bed sickroom can be replaced with, for example, a private room having a water-supplying facility and a conventional two-bed sickroom.
It can be renewed with the floor room. In that case,
Since the partition does not need to be a bearing wall, it can be formed by simple work, and the piping space for the water plumbing equipment is also arranged outdoors, eliminating the need for concrete scraping work at the time of construction. Noise and vibration generated during construction can be minimized.

In addition, if the water-supplying equipment is partitioned by a simple partition, the construction required for the partition can be simplified, and the effective space in the room can be made sufficiently large with respect to the floor area. it can. Further, according to the present invention, by renewing an existing multi-bed room into a private room, it is possible to improve management efficiency by obtaining a difference bed income.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a private room and a two-bed room for explaining an embodiment of a renewal method of the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are diagrams showing an internal configuration of the private room shown in FIG. 1, wherein FIG. 2A is a side view showing a configuration on an external window side, and FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of an existing hospital room.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a private room and a two-bed room for explaining an example of a conventional renewal method.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 ... passage, 5 ... window, 20 ... private room (private room), 21 ... 2
Floor room, 22: Partition wall, 23: Water supply facility, 24: Wash basin, 25: Toilet, 29: Simple partition.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A private room which is partitioned and arranged between a passage and an external window, wherein a water circulating facility comprising a wash basin and a toilet is arranged facing the external window. A private room in which the water circulating equipment is partitioned by simple partitions. 2. The private room as claimed in claim 1, wherein a bed is provided near the water circulating equipment. 3. A method for renewing an existing sickroom of a multi-bed room without a water circulating facility, which is partitioned between a passageway and an external window, into a single room, comprising: A method of renewing an existing hospital room into a private room, which comprises providing a water circulating facility comprising a wash basin and a toilet. 4. The existing hospital room is a four-bed room in which two beds are arranged vertically and horizontally, and the existing hospital room is divided into two rooms by partitioning from a passage to an external window, and at least two rooms are further provided. 4. The method for renewing an existing hospital room into a private room according to claim 3, wherein a water circulating facility comprising a wash basin and a toilet is arranged on the other side facing the outside window. 5. The method for renewing an existing hospital room into a private room according to claim 3, wherein the water circulating equipment is partitioned by a simple partition.