Lessen Pathways Traffic With Signage Systems

Big buildings are made by architects great at maximizing the space of the building with lots of rooms and many pathways that are like mazes. Let's be honest, not everyone is good at remembering direction. Perhaps,  without the Good Quality Signage Creator on Davao City, Abreeza Mall has already made you lost with all the shortcuts from one place to another.

This fairly happens to hospitals as well. To maximize the space, long and eery pathways lead to different ways around the hospital. Not only souls wander, but also people who are not familiar with the building. For a more precise visitor experience, a new normal in healthcare necessitates updated signage and wayfinding systems. 

Perhaps the biggest industry that needs wayfinding systems in their business are the hospitals. Businesses are also one, but with the current trend of Covid-19 cases, we have prioritized the importance of decreasing human contacts at pathways. 

We suggest that hospitals consider these three strategic methods for improved wayfinding and signage systems to be most helpful for the experience of  patients, employees, and visitors who come and go.

Choice Of Words on Signage

First thing to consider are your audiences. There are literate people and those who are not really familiar with hospital jargon. Begin making plans for long-term changes to destinations, such as name standards and address systems.

Perhaps instead of placing ER, OR, ICU, ward and any other unfamiliar words. Consider that, a lot of people go to the hospital just to be treated and not to be fascinated about how intelligent people are in the hospital with their weird terminologies. Wayfinding makers in Davao City might not even be so familiar with the words that they would 

Make sure to conduct role plays with a group of patients and staff to determine which techniques work best for which signage and wherever is the best path to go.

Decluttering at a Deep Level

From outside the ambulance parking shouldn’t be where other cars pass or other car might park. A narrow pathway might fit a wheeled stretcher and people who are going towards the stretcher have to go back their path. This would be a very silly traffic flow. Especially when two stretchers meet, it might fall down to an ethical level on who must go first.

Thus, a full reorganization has to be assessed from the outside of the building where people or cars may pass up to the inside pathways of the hospitals for a fluid flow of people. We could not place enough emphasis on exterior way findings and positions for entrance or exit of a hospital for a visit or for an emergency. But understanding that outside the hospital is still part of the hospital.

Return to a Simpler Phase:

Do not feel compelled to make all of your updates at once. Begin by creating a conceptual design, then plan for execution in stages based on the most significant experience things or the most pressing demands. The use of phases provides for greater testing time for well designed signage systems.

For the greatest guest experience, we recommend starting with outside navigation, maps on screen, ADA destination signs, and signage to the most frequently or utilized places. Do not forget that the quality of print is also crucial for signages, make sure to pick a Davao Printing Service that is unique, like the Big Black Panda Co. who offers high quality prints with our UV Printer.

Summary

Accept the challenge of a time-consuming plan, testing, and feedback as long as it would provide a better stream of people. Allowing you to not only have a change to lessen the contact of any virus but also lighten the experience of being in the hospital or building. 

The Big Black Panda Co. are experts in Environmental Graphics Design that would suit best for the given area. We are not only an affordable signage maker in Davao City, we do not limit ourselves with healthcare wayfinding systems only but also for your business and buildings. 

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