{"id":646,"date":"2021-01-19T10:07:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T10:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=646"},"modified":"2021-01-19T10:07:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T10:07:49","slug":"life-scientific-vindicates-florence-nightingales-wards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/life-scientific-vindicates-florence-nightingales-wards\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Scientific vindicates Florence Nightingale&#8217;s Wards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cath Noakes, an expert on ventilation and Covid talking on Life Scientific today on BBc Radio 4 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m000rcnl)\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m000rcnl)<\/a> reported on experiments using a Nightingale Ward design and found it was likely to cut down the spread of infection by 4 times.<br>This was by<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. use of high ceilings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Big Windows that could open top and bottom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Radiators with ventilation grills behind them<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She noted that most Florence Nightingale wards have since been modernised with low ceilings, smaller sealed windows and radiators replaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Her message was that ventilation is, with distance, one of the best ways of cutting the spread of infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is an image of Dorcas Ward st St Thomas&#8217;s Hospital, London.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dorcas-002-1024x744.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of Dorcas Ward, St Thomas Hospital showing high ceilings.\" class=\"wp-image-647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dorcas-002-1024x744.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dorcas-002-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dorcas-002-768x558.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dorcas-002-1536x1116.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dorcas-002-2048x1487.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cath Noakes, an expert on ventilation and Covid talking on Life Scientific today on BBc Radio 4 (https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m000rcnl) reported on experiments using a Nightingale Ward design and found it was likely to cut down the spread of infection by 4 times.This was by 1. use of high ceilings 2. 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