Not gonna lie there's lots of studies that greenery really does help avoid that institutionalized white room effect and things such as ICU psychosis, but also there's a reason why potted plants were removed from patient rooms because yeah plants can carry a ungodly amount of bacteria. Still would say the most dangerous place in a hospital are bathrooms family members use after raw dogging into Meemaws iso room without PPE.
i know just from my experience in various office work places that guys even doing a cursory rinse of their hands is about 1 in 2.. and even lower worse odds they actually use soap
Having to tell family members that "no you are not allowed to go into a cdiff room without a gown and mask" and then watching them eat off their family members meal tray is one hell of an experience. Enjoy the worst satanic diarrhea y'all have ever had.
The tarnish is often seen as unsanitary, though it's not, and unsightly, so the upkeep can be a lot.
In fact a lot of brass and copper decorative fixtures are clear coated to prevent oxidation, but then they also prevent the antiseptic properties of the metal as well.
Nosocomial infections are a really big deal in hospitals too. I wouldn't depend on copper alone to kill bacteria; how well does it deal with getting bleached down?
For the OP, if some snot-nosed child wiped his hand on the giant greenery wall, the bacteria flourished on the wall, then the AC brought a bunch of germs into an area for the immunocompromised then you're not gonna have a good time
What is it about western Anglo brain that makes you feel so privileged in your ignorance as to be comfortable making these grandiose and absurd statements that could truly only spring from the mind of a simpleton?
Imo it's the individualist dogma of everyone being entitled to their opinion and the associated implication that everyone's opinion is valid and worth hearing.
I read this, and I'm suddenly realizing that I've never truly felt entitled to my own opinion, but also have never felt like anybody's opinion really matters, and that explains a lot of why I don't get along in society.
I'm a stupid dumbass. Why doesn't everybody else also realize and admit what a fucking idiot they are?
that's what kills me, nosocomial infections are not uncommon and can be lethal even when you observe all the safety protocols, some hospitals are simply too old and the decades of pee pee poo poo has seeped into the walls and there's nothing to do but bulldoze it and start from scratch (which would be great if we lived in the part of the world where the government can still do things)
yeah, it would be nice to have more greenerty, not i've yet to see a hospital that doesn't have at least a very small patch of greenery somewhere, or like, a tree in the parking lot, just build a garden next to the damn place
It's odd that via the counterfactual to this you arrive at the OP, which is this is a bacteria breeding ground for a whole lot of number of reasons anyways and we're rolling with that, might aswell make it look nicer if sterile isn't actually a consideration anymore
And they're auxiliary to the functional areas of the hospital, where keeping facilities and the spaces between them sterile and well-lit is just basic hygiene practice.
Dedicated garden areas are great. They improve the well-being of in-patients and staff who enjoy them and people who can't or shouldn't use them don't get forced to.
deep uv frier coming to hospital near you. i mean its a solvable thingy, slightly greener wall won't hide piss or something. Would it benefit that much - doubt it, the association depresses people not colors
I've been to a few hospitals that had some Dracaena trifasciata planted around the lobby and other public areas to improve air quality so I don't think having indoor plants in a hospital is inherently dangerous.
Great! Now you can get a staph infection and have your hay fever act up at the same time. I know that'd improve my mood if I was recovering from surgery.
Surgeons need to walk through patient areas. There would be so much particulate in the air, they would have to completely airlock surgery and recovery areas from the green spaces.
And that still won't help the patients and staff with severe pollen allergies. Get your chest stitched back together after invasive heart surgery and then blow it back open again with a sneezing fit on the way back to your ward.
That... is nonsense?
The surgery part of my local hospital has like three gardens that the patients freely use and nurses sometimes pass through for a shortcut.
Unless you're specifically opposed to plants in the hallways. Which the hospital also has, there's potted plants all over.
Hospitals are that drab partly as cost cutting not put of pure patient concern.