Key determinants of building maintenance in hospitals: the perspective of maintenance personnel

Wong, Wai Fang; Olanrewaju, AbdulLateef; Lim, Poh Im

doi:10.1108/f-03-2022-0039

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“…Users' worries regarding the maintenance work could be the outcome. Clients frequently offer feedback in the form of complaints; thus, it is essential to avoid issues by employing proactive maintenance methods (Wong et al, 2022). When designing for maintenance, it is important to take into account a variety of factors, including maintenance accessibility, indoor management, thermal comfort, visual monitoring, the location of a building's components, performance assessment management, BIM (Building Information Modelling) competency, energy performance, building deterioration, visualization management, disaster management, lean management, failure localization, and infrastructure visualization (Abideen et al, 2022).…”

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“…As far as the faulty windows handle and faulty windows frames are concerned, the hospital building users concur that windows handles and windows frames also require maintenance due to malfunctions. Consequently, it is crucial to prevent problems by using preventative maintenance technique (Wong et al, 2022). This could be as a result of misuse by users or damaged handles, or defective materials used.…”

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Exploring the Condition of Wards in Malaysia Hospital Buildings

Jesumoroti,

Olanrewaju,

Khor

2023

INTREST

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Hospital buildings condition necessitated the findings of this study especially the state of the wards in the hospital buildings. The objective of this study is to examine the conditions of the wards in the hospital buildings, and proffer recommendations to various stakeholders for enhancement. A quantitative approach was used where the condition of the hospital wards was ranked respectively by the participants were physicians, psychologists, dentists, veterinarians, medical doctors, medical officers, nurses, and other hospital buildings professional users constitute the sample stratum. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 was used to analyse the data; descriptive and inferential such as reliability, validity, and ranking. The salient finding is that polluted ventilation, faulty ceiling lamps, faulty fire alarms, faulty wall (wall finishes/painting) and faulty window handles, were the condition of wards that were ranked highest (slightly bad) and merely affected. This implies that there is the need to use a better maintenance management approach to avert further decline in the condition of the hospital wards. Also, the research findings states that hospital buildings conditions and components of wards could be in the good state at all times using a holistic approach that will reduce more wards component depreciations for quality services outputs for the users. The wards conditions in the hospital buildings could be greatly improved by using proper strategies and maintenance management plans. Most of the studies about hospital building wards had focused on thermal comfort, but there is a paucity of studies that investigate the hospital buildings' condition of wards with low number in respondent active participation. Despite the constant rise in maintenance costs, there are numerous complaints and critiques of hospital buildings reported in the media. The lack of proper consideration for maintenance management and weaknesses in Malaysia hospitals has led to the deterioration of hospital buildings and reduced healthcare services. The study was being able to highlight some beneficial qualities and were also highlights some weaknesses of wards condition in the Malaysian hospital buildings which can tentatively be curtailed so users can be comfortable and satisfied.

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Section: Validity Test Analysis On Condition Of Wardsmentioning

confidence: 99%