Construction of Perinatal Medical Center Facility Planning Guidelines to Ensure a Reliable Emergency Perinatal Care Environment

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26463272
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: WATANABE REINA 北海道大学, 保健科学研究院, 客員研究員 (10431313)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 総合周産期母子医療センター / 周産期救急医療 / 施設計画

Outline of Final Research Achievements

With the aim of constructing a foundation for facility planning guidelines for perinatal medical centers, we conducted a hearing and questionnaire survey of perinatal center directors and nursing managers throughout Japan in this study.
The results suggested that of the facility standards under the current medical remuneration system, a bio clean room for the Maternal Fetal Intensive Care Unit (MFICU) is not a high priority, and that 7 ㎡ floor surface of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is too small. These results demonstrated that planning guidelines required further examination. Our results also suggested that guidelines for department allocation within perinatal centers should position the MFICU, NICU, obstetrics ward and operating theater adjacent to the delivery room.

Free Research Field

基礎看護学