Nurse odor perception in various Japanese hospital settings

• Main Authors: Masami Horiguchi (Author), Erika Shudo (Author), Kumiko Sato (Author), Madoka Nakamura (Author), Wakana Sai (Author), Terumi Ohinata (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Because unpleasant hospital odors affect the nursing environment, we investigated nurses' perceptions of the odors of various hospital settings: hospital rooms, nurse stations, and human waste disposal rooms to discard the urine, stools and diapers. A questionnaire based on the Japanese Ministr...