英语翻译When Holy Name Hospital decided to change ist way findin

英语翻译
When Holy Name Hospital decided to change ist way finding system,it used an unusual philosophy:Think about the sings last."IF you think of signs first,that's all you are going to think of,"says Wayne E.Kinder,FASHE,Holy Name's VP of facilities management.Kinder suggests that if interior planners directing people around the hospital solely with interior finishes and icons,then also put signs up,the way finding system is more successful.“Signs are only one element.They should reinforce pathways,not be the only guide,”agrees Annette Ridenour,whose San Diego firm,Aesthetics Inc.worked on the project.People often don’t read signs when they are looking for landmarks.Located in the New York City suburb of Teaneck,N.J,the hospital’s interior was some 20 years old and needed updating.The 360-bed Holy Name was ready to make drastic changes to help patients and visitors negotiate its 20 elevators and seven floors.For starters,it walled off a confusing double corridor near the main lobby.By blocking off one corridor,visitors could access elevators form only one side,making for a simpler journey to patient units.
Holy Name also renamed all elevators after trees and plants and put large icons in the floor to mark those elevators on every level.Forinstance,the "oak" elevators have an icon showing acorns and ork leaves.
Hospital staff also figured out which elevators would lead to the shortest path to a patient unit,stopping unnecessary traffic form adding noise near patient rooms.Hallways acquired street name to differentiate them,and this has made it possible for the hospital to produce printed directions for visitors to a unit.
Some way finding changes are so subtle,many visitors aren’t consciously aware of them,Kinder adds.For instance,on a med-surg unit,every patient room has a dot at its entrance in the hallway denoting that it’s somewhere a visitor would stop.
Kinder estimates that wayfinding elements cost a third of the $350,000 price of Phase 1."It would have been less costly just to make the hospital look nice,but we would’t have gained anything functionally."
Anecdotal evidence tells Kinder that the new pathways are working."We have a lot less people asking directions,"he says.