Issue: 2024, Vol. 29, No. 3
HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AVAILABILITY FOR HANDICAPPED POPULATION GROUPS THROUGH THE EXAMPLE OF SANITARY AND HYGIENIC PREMISES
- Keywords
- visualization, legislation, inclusiveness, barrier-free environment, lean production
- Abstarct
- The objective was to establish the degree of availability of state and municipal medical organizations sanitary and hygienic premises for people with disabilities.10 Доступность санитарно-гигиенических помещений для маломобильных пациентов Material and methods. The 44 buildings of medical organizations located in five constituent entities of the Russian Federation were under the research. The analysis used the author’s ALIDS method and a computer program for modeling the architectural planning scheme of visualizing healthcare facilities. Results and discussion. Special signs are used to designate areas and premises available to people with disabilities in 16 % of medical organizations. An accessibility sign for people with disabilities is observed in 18 % of medical organizations. The most common among the tactile elements of the visualization system are texture-changing floor coverings in front of obstacles and at route branching points. Conclusion. The main problem in organizing sanitary and hygienic premises is their improper installation or placement rather than the lack of technical means, devices, equipment, and objects necessary to ensure an accessible environment. The former prevents a disabled person from using a wheelchair or a person with musculoskeletal pathology with the need for support from using such objects.
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