The NICU Lighted Environment

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• Personal Author:
  Figueiro MG ; Rea MS
• Description:
  Lighting technologies are rapidly evolving, creating many opportunities for good lighting within the NICU. With the widespread adoption of advanced solid-state lighting technologies, lighting no longer needs to be static. Rather, lighting systems can be more easily adjusted to the different and changing visual and non-visual needs of the professional staff, infants and family members throughout the 24-hour day. This paper provides a conceptual framework for defining good lighting in the NICU, recognizing the needs of various constituent groups, each with very different needs from the lighting. Several other papers on the topic of lighting for various constituent groups at different times of the day in the NICU are summarized. Attention is given specifically to the Recommended Standards for Newborn ICU Design, a consensus standard developed by a wide range of experts, to help the reader translate this conceptual framework to practice. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Circadian Rhythm Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Lighting Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: NICU Lighting Biological Rhythms Circadian Rhythms Health Care Facilities Health Care Workers Lighting Systems Lighting Technologies Light Source NICU Design Recommended Standards Solid State Lighting

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• ISSN:
  1527-3369
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  195-202
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058614
• Citation:
  Newborn Infant Nurs Rev 2016 Dec; 16(4):195-202
• Contact Point Address:
  Mark S. Rea PhD, Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 21 Union Street, Troy, NY 12180
• Email:
  ream@rpi.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance ; Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities
• Performing Organization:
  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20150901
• Source Full Name:
  Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
• End Date:
  20190831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:893ea610694a1532b448738e01916f142eb7837751cf3662ad4b5e19159c8722ca55ce4bb654a86ff2f555619f51f12fe1f3b1ccdf21ce35f8f4f88f91f4b555
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/221658/cdc_221658_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 413.64 KB ]