A Descriptive Comparative Observational Study About the Quality and Preservation at the Hospital Furniture

Hospital furniture is the furniture used as support to specific services at the hospital. The quality and the conservation state of this furniture influence on security and performance of the health professionals and the patient’s recover. Thereby, this study carries on an evaluation of the quality and the conservational state of the furniture used at general inpatient rooms from different inpatient units of three hospitals, aiming to detect the factors that can influence on patient care or compromising the attendance. The furniture included in this study are hospital bed, meal table, companion armchair, locker, bedside table, serum support, and two-step stairs. Two methods were used for this evaluation: checklist and questionnaire. This research was approved for the Ethics committee with de CAAE: 65008617.1.0000.5152 and was fullfilled on Inpatient Units of Health Care Facility (HCF) Public, Private and maintained by a Non-governmental Organization (NGO), for comparison. The Private HCF got mostly positive results. Followed by the HCF maintained by a NGO and, for last, the Public HCF. The characteristics of demand, economy and exposure that influence these results were discussed.