Society of Critical Care Medicine 2024 Guidelines on Adult ICU Design: Executive Summary

D Kirk Hamilton¹, Jodie C Gary², Elizabeth Scruth³, Harry L Anderson 3rd⁴, Charles D Cadenhead⁵, Simon J Oczkowski⁶, Vincent I Lau⁷, Jason Adler⁸, Adel Bassily-Marcus⁹, Benjamin S Bassin¹⁰, Joel Boyd¹¹, Katharina M Busl¹², James R Crabb¹³, Clifford Harvey¹⁴, Jason P Hecht¹⁵, Milee Herweijer¹⁶, Kyle J Gunnerson¹⁷, Abdullahi S Ibrahim¹⁸, Craig S Jabaley¹⁹, Lewis J Kaplan²⁰, Sarah Monchar²¹, Andrew Moody²², Julie Lindeman Read²³, B Christian Renne²⁴, Michael G Sarosi²⁵, Sandra M Swoboda²⁶, Kelly A Thompson-Brazill²⁷, Chris L Wells²⁸, Diana C Anderson²⁹

Affiliations

¹ Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
² College of Nursing, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX.
³ Northern California Safety, Quality and Regulatory Services-Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Health Plan, Oakland, CA.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Trinity Health Livonia, Livonia, MI.
⁵ Retired consultant, Houston, TX.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁷ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
⁸ Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Complex Care, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Hollywood, FL.
⁹ Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Institute for Critical Care Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY.
¹⁰ University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI.
¹¹ Pulmonary Clinical Services, The Permanente Medical Group, Sacramento, CA.
¹² Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL.
¹³ Mazzetti, Inc., Atlanta, GA.
¹⁴ Grand River Hospital & St. Mary's General Hospital, North York, ON, Canada.
¹⁵ Department of Pharmacy, Trinity Health Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI.
¹⁶ Wiegerinck Architects, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
¹⁷ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
¹⁸ Intensive Care Unit, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria.
¹⁹ Department of Anesthesiology and the Emory Critical Care Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
²⁰ Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
²¹ Division of Trauma Surgical Critical Care and Injury Prevention, Department of Surgery, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ.
²² Pulmonary/Critical Care, The Permanente Medical Group, Fremont, CA.
²³ Northern California Safety, Quality & Regulatory Services, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Oakland, CA.
²⁴ Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
²⁵ Interventional Radiology/Department of Radiology, Trinity Health Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI.
²⁶ Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine and Nursing, Baltimore, MD.
²⁷ Georgetown University School of Nursing, Washington, DC.
²⁸ Department of Rehabilitation Services, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.
²⁹ Department of Neurology, Boston University, Boston, MA.

PMID: 39982134
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006571

Society of Critical Care Medicine 2024 Guidelines on Adult ICU Design: Executive Summary

D Kirk Hamilton et al. Crit Care Med. 2025.

. 2025 Mar 1;53(3):e683-e689.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006571. Epub 2025 Feb 21.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
² College of Nursing, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX.
³ Northern California Safety, Quality and Regulatory Services-Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Health Plan, Oakland, CA.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Trinity Health Livonia, Livonia, MI.
⁵ Retired consultant, Houston, TX.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁷ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
⁸ Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Complex Care, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Hollywood, FL.
⁹ Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Institute for Critical Care Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY.
¹⁰ University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI.
¹¹ Pulmonary Clinical Services, The Permanente Medical Group, Sacramento, CA.
¹² Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL.
¹³ Mazzetti, Inc., Atlanta, GA.
¹⁴ Grand River Hospital & St. Mary's General Hospital, North York, ON, Canada.
¹⁵ Department of Pharmacy, Trinity Health Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI.
¹⁶ Wiegerinck Architects, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
¹⁷ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
¹⁸ Intensive Care Unit, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria.
¹⁹ Department of Anesthesiology and the Emory Critical Care Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
²⁰ Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
²¹ Division of Trauma Surgical Critical Care and Injury Prevention, Department of Surgery, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ.
²² Pulmonary/Critical Care, The Permanente Medical Group, Fremont, CA.
²³ Northern California Safety, Quality & Regulatory Services, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Oakland, CA.
²⁴ Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
²⁵ Interventional Radiology/Department of Radiology, Trinity Health Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI.
²⁶ Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine and Nursing, Baltimore, MD.
²⁷ Georgetown University School of Nursing, Washington, DC.
²⁸ Department of Rehabilitation Services, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.
²⁹ Department of Neurology, Boston University, Boston, MA.

PMID: 39982134
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006571

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Anderson reports grant funding from the Alzheimer’s Association (AACSF-22-923724) related to the design of community spaces for older adults and innovation funding from Mass General Brigham related to ICU design and delirium; she received funding from Ovid BP. Dr. Oczkowski received funding from Fisher & Paykel. Dr. Bassin received funding from CannonDesign. Dr. Busl received funding from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (U01NS124613 [AWD14238], NIH R01NS120924 [AWD10089]) related to management of headache for patients with acute subarachnoid hemorrhage in the ICU and the American Academy of Neurology; she disclosed that she is Associate Editor for Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Kaplan disclosed he is Chair, Scientific Review panel for the Congressionally Directed Medical Review Panel; a participant in a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded exploration of hospital room features to improve infection control. Dr. Swoboda serves on Board of American College of Critical Care Medicine. The remaining authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.

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