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[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 112 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The fact that he is using the term sterile as a negative thing in a hospital is evidence enough that he is a genuine brain genius

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[–] Bloobish@hexbear.net 86 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not gonna lie there's lots of studies that greenery really does help avoid that institutionalized white room effect and things such as ICU psychosis, but also there's a reason why potted plants were removed from patient rooms because yeah plants can carry a ungodly amount of bacteria. Still would say the most dangerous place in a hospital are bathrooms family members use after raw dogging into Meemaws iso room without PPE.

[–] the_itsb@hexbear.net 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

the most dangerous place in a hospital are bathrooms family members use

believe this a million percent

my mom was in the hospital for a few weeks a couple years ago, and I got to see how my family members washed their hands

it was horrifying

I am early 40s, nobody under 30 spent any time in that room, they should all know better

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[–] ComradePlatypus@hexbear.net 77 points 5 months ago (4 children)

The funny thing is the aesthetic and safe option is steam punk copper rails/handles/surfaces everyetc.

Copper kill bacteria and cleans itself. But it's not used due to costs.

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 58 points 5 months ago

we could have had copper steampunk hospitals but we can't, because of woke

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 52 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You're disregarding the psychological damage of being in a steampunk hospital

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Me, in a neck brace because even slight movement may snap my neck

"Oh no, that looks like one of them new steampu-"

Cringe

Snap.

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 29 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I wake up, the nurses and doctors are there to greet me and they get to about "G'day most distinguished gentlem-" before I turn off my own life support

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

G'day

I, too, would euthanize myself if I woke up suddenly in Australia

[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago

If you don't do it, the kangaroos, drop bears, or clock spiders will do it for you.

[–] JayTwo@hexbear.net 39 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The tarnish is often seen as unsanitary, though it's not, and unsightly, so the upkeep can be a lot.
In fact a lot of brass and copper decorative fixtures are clear coated to prevent oxidation, but then they also prevent the antiseptic properties of the metal as well.

[–] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 12 points 5 months ago

Tarnished, return to the hospital, and become Isolation Ward!

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 24 points 5 months ago

Nosocomial infections are a really big deal in hospitals too. I wouldn't depend on copper alone to kill bacteria; how well does it deal with getting bleached down?

For the OP, if some snot-nosed child wiped his hand on the giant greenery wall, the bacteria flourished on the wall, then the AC brought a bunch of germs into an area for the immunocompromised then you're not gonna have a good time

[–] LaBellaLotta@hexbear.net 67 points 5 months ago (2 children)

What is it about western Anglo brain that makes you feel so privileged in your ignorance as to be comfortable making these grandiose and absurd statements that could truly only spring from the mind of a simpleton?

[–] Posadas@hexbear.net 37 points 5 months ago

Bog standard white supremacist "I'm white, therefore I'm right."

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 28 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Imo it's the individualist dogma of everyone being entitled to their opinion and the associated implication that everyone's opinion is valid and worth hearing.

[–] the_itsb@hexbear.net 16 points 5 months ago

I read this, and I'm suddenly realizing that I've never truly felt entitled to my own opinion, but also have never felt like anybody's opinion really matters, and that explains a lot of why I don't get along in society.

I'm a stupid dumbass. Why doesn't everybody else also realize and admit what a fucking idiot they are?

[–] LaBellaLotta@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago

Yeah that’s a sentiment that super common place and Is just absolutely absurd when you think about it critically even a little bit

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 63 points 5 months ago (2 children)

How can you be an adult and not know why scientific and medical stuff is white?

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Scientific and medical stuff is white

Sensible hospital designers solidarity reddit race scientists

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In case anyone is wondering, it's sensible cause you can see if it's getting dirty easier.

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago

Fact check: True.

The dirty soul of the KKKracker is evident to all.

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[–] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 40 points 5 months ago

"sterile"

No shit the hospital is sterile. Do you want it dirty?

[–] OutrageousHairdo@hexbear.net 39 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Imagine if someone throws up on the vines. How would you ever clean that?

[–] Des@hexbear.net 29 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Little Hospital of Horrors

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[–] Posadas@hexbear.net 26 points 5 months ago

The cleansing flame

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[–] save_vs_death@hexbear.net 38 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

that's what kills me, nosocomial infections are not uncommon and can be lethal even when you observe all the safety protocols, some hospitals are simply too old and the decades of pee pee poo poo has seeped into the walls and there's nothing to do but bulldoze it and start from scratch (which would be great if we lived in the part of the world where the government can still do things)

yeah, it would be nice to have more greenerty, not i've yet to see a hospital that doesn't have at least a very small patch of greenery somewhere, or like, a tree in the parking lot, just build a garden next to the damn place

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's odd that via the counterfactual to this you arrive at the OP, which is this is a bacteria breeding ground for a whole lot of number of reasons anyways and we're rolling with that, might aswell make it look nicer if sterile isn't actually a consideration anymore

[–] save_vs_death@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago

I can see how someone would think that, but to me, it's like starting to abuse coke because you're an alcoholic anyway; that's just making it worse.

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 30 points 5 months ago

Sterile huh failure

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

natural light and warm colors are prolly fine (?) only making patient color non-universal across places shrug-outta-hecks

greenery can only be done in those ecosystem-in-sealed-bottle tho

[–] Posadas@hexbear.net 45 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Harder to notice contaminants and missed cleaning spots on warm colors.

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 26 points 5 months ago

deep uv frier coming to hospital near you. i mean its a solvable thingy, slightly greener wall won't hide piss or something. Would it benefit that much - doubt it, the association depresses people not colors

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[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 27 points 5 months ago

Some hospitals do have atriums like this. Pleasant little places to go and reflect, or gardens on the ground.

[–] Monk3brain3@hexbear.net 23 points 5 months ago

The defining aspect of the Internet seems to be giving the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet a platform from which to spread their stupidity.

[–] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 23 points 5 months ago

I've been to a few hospitals that had some Dracaena trifasciata planted around the lobby and other public areas to improve air quality so I don't think having indoor plants in a hospital is inherently dangerous.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

i love bacterial and fungal infections

bacterial and fungal infections are the best!

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 14 points 5 months ago

the worm I got from drinking pond water tells me to tell all my human friends to drink pond water

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 13 points 5 months ago

don't listen to this person, they've got cordyceps

[–] buh@hexbear.net 22 points 5 months ago

we must retvrn to humoral theory and leeches

[–] coeliacmccarthy@hexbear.net 21 points 5 months ago

imagibne if hospital had dirt

[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 18 points 5 months ago

no john i think the patients would heal faster if they weren't worried about going fucking broke

[–] D61@hexbear.net 17 points 5 months ago

The amount of plants that would be immediately yeeted from the proposed list would mean nothing but cactuii... maybe.

[–] whodoctor11@lemmy.ml 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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[–] WittyProfileName2@hexbear.net 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Great! Now you can get a staph infection and have your hay fever act up at the same time. I know that'd improve my mood if I was recovering from surgery.

[–] Dr_Gabriel_Aby@hexbear.net 12 points 5 months ago

Why no sandy beaches and wave pools at the hospital? America is communist!

[–] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 11 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I'm fully on board, you don't have to have the plants in the operating room

Is it so hard to imagine building hospitals where the patients actually enjoy being?

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