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Slack in the Infrastructure of Intensive Care Units: Resilience Management in the Post-pandemic Era by Carlos Emilio Stigler Marczyk; Tarcisio Abreu Saurin; Iamara Rossi Bulhões; Riccardo Patriarca; Federico Bilotta is a Health Professions article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Slack in the Infrastructure of Intensive Care Units: Resilience Management in the Post-pandemic Era about?
## Background Although slack is an asset to resilient hospitals, it is usually explicitly discussed only in terms of the quantity and quality of beds and staff. This paper expands this view by addressing slack in four infrastructures of intensive care units (ICUs) (physical space, electricity supply, oxygen supply, and air treatment) during the COVID pandemic. ## Methods The study occurred in a leading private hospital in Brazil, aiming at the identification of slack in four units originally designed as ICUs and two units adapted as ICUs. Data collection was based on 12 interviews with healthcare professionals, documents, and comparison between infrastructures and regulatory requirements. ## Results Twenty-seven instantiations of slack were identified, with several indications that the adapted ICUs did not provide infrastructure conditions as good as the designed ones. Findings gave rise to five propositions addressing: relationships intra and inter infrastructures; the need for adapted ICUs that match as closely as possible the designed ICUs; the consideration of both clinical and engineering perspectives in design; and the need for the revision of some requirements of the Brazili
Who reads Slack in the Infrastructure of Intensive Care Units: Resilience Management in the Post-pandemic Era?
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- Author
- Carlos Emilio Stigler Marczyk; Tarcisio Abreu Saurin; Iamara Rossi Bulhões; Riccardo Patriarca; Federico Bilotta
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Health Professions (Health Sciences)