Quiet Healthcare
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Quiet Healthcare is an independent, all-volunteer community of professionals that develops national and international codes and standards for the $2.8 trillion health care industry. (Read about the History). Quiet Healthcare was formed in 2005 by David M. Sykes, William J. Cavanaugh, and Gregory C. Tocci to develop the USA’s first comprehensive, evidence-based criteria for acoustics (sound, vibration, privacy and noise control) in health care facilities. The committee’s first comprehensive draft guidelines on noise, sound and vibration were published for peer-review by FGI in June 2006, and then formally published by FGI in January 2010. FGI’s Guidelines are revised and published every four years to respond to the latest research, and to adapt to federal and state legislative and regulatory changes. Many States adopt the latest edition in their codes. The most recent edition of the FGI Guidelines was published in 2018. The next edition will appear in 2022.
Noise in hospitals? The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is listening
By David M. Sykes, Vice Chair, Quiet Coalition Oct 1, 2019 For those of us who’ve been working for decades on the tough problem of noise ...
Hospital noise still a problem? What’s being done?
By David M. Sykes, Vice Chair, Quiet Coalition Aug 1, 2019 This news story asserts that noise in hospitals is steadily increasing. In fac...
Hospital noise is bad for health
By Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition Feb 1, 2019 In a 2017 presentation (link: ...
Why hospitals should let you sleep
By Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Jan 1, 2019 This piece by Austin Frakt in the New York Times discusses the need for hospi...
Hospitals can be made quieter
By Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Sep 1, 2018 This BBC report informs us that hospitals can become quieter. Anyone who has b...
Hospital noise reduces children’s sleep time
By Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Sep 1, 2018 This report discusses a study showing that hospital noise reduces children’s ...
