DocumentCode
3549321
Title
Time allocation simulation model of clean and dirty pathways in hospital environment
Author
Krizmaric, Miljenko ; Zmauc, Tanja ; Micetic-Turk, Dusanka ; Stiglic, Gregor ; Kokol, Peter
Author_Institution
Univ. Coll. of Nursing Studies, Maribor Univ., Slovenia
fYear
2005
fDate
23-24 June 2005
Firstpage
123
Lastpage
127
Abstract
In usual modern hospital architectural design we try to separate the clean and dirty corridor that should facilitate traffic flow of clean and dirty items. However that is not the case in the hospitals with older architectural design, where clean and dirty pathways flow through a single corridor systems. The most common solution which enables separation of clean and dirty pathways in such systems is introduction of time allocation for dirty and clean items transportation. Currently such schedules are fixed and do not allow quick changes in case of specific events. We propose a solution to the problem using multi-agent based system able to quickly adapt the schedule of transports.
Keywords
biomedical engineering; digital simulation; health and safety; hospitals; medical computing; multi-agent systems; optimisation; clean pathway; dirty corridor; hospital architectural design; hospital environment; multiagent based system; time allocation simulation model; transport schedule; Computational modeling; Contamination; Educational institutions; Elevators; Hospitals; Medical services; Medical simulation; Optimal scheduling; Transportation; Waste materials;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2005. Proceedings. 18th IEEE Symposium on
ISSN
1063-7125
Print_ISBN
0-7695-2355-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CBMS.2005.100
Filename
1467678
Link To Document