title: Considerations for the design of a new laboratory.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to relate the process of designing a new Clinical Pathology Department laboratory at the National Institutes of Health and the assessment of the resultant open laboratory design based on the response of the laboratory staff to two questionnaires. The responses indicated acceptance and approval of the large open area, work area design, carpeted floor, and laboratory environment. It is the authors' hope that this information will be of help to other pathology departments who are involved in designing or remodeling a new or existing laboratory.
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D005160:Facility Design and Construction / Q000592:standards*; D005430:Floors and Floorcoverings; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007753:Laboratories / Q000458:organization & administration; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D009623:Noise, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control; D010337:Pathology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States