Noise levels in intensive care units at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
This is the first study in South Africa to measure sound levels in adult intensive care units and provides baseline data which can be used to implement interventions aimed at reducing noise levels to improve care of critically ill adult patients.
Authors
- Zainub Jooma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1036-8744)
- Mervyn Mer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3338-8251)
- D Brancato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4564-8852)
Institutions
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Johannesburg Hospital (ZA)
- Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Southern African Journal of Critical Care
- Published
- 2025-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7196/sajcc.2025.v41i3.3169
- Primary Topic
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00