Medical spaces looked blatant and clinical in the past making the visits unpleasant for patients. Today, the healthcare sector has evolved and now the layout and design are patient-oriented without compromising the functional and practical aspects.

Several patients, especially young ones find doctor visits, a stressful experience. Therefore, there was a need to ease patients, make them feel comfortable, and retain them. A reception area offers a crucial first impression. Other fundamentals include clam color use and comfortable seats. Distractions like TV or play area for kids seem irrelevant but make a huge difference to patients, who are concerned about their medical condition.

If you plan to fit out your dental clinic or a physiotherapy facility or a GP medical consulting room then you can take help from professionals. GXI Group is the best for your office refurbishment UK. They have interior designers that oversee the entire fit-out and refurbishment process including acoustics, fire safety, and aesthetics & finishes. The team takes care of everything from start to finish.

Tips to optimize medical center fit-out

Create a soothing environment

People visit medical facilities because they are in pain or unwell. Even if come for a general check-up, it can be a moment of concern for some. Assuming that patients coming to your medical center have a negative mindset, you need to design a fit-out that balances their mood. Choose light colors, curved décor shapes, potted greenery, and artwork to make space look more inviting.

Comfortable furniture

The patients will need to spend more time in the waiting room, so fit out with chairs having strong support and armrests. For senior citizens, ensure there is a comfortable seating arrangement, especially for those walking with crutches or are in wheelchairs. Every treatment room must include a lower bed or seating option for catering to patients with accessibility problems.

Natural lighting

A reception area with dim lights or treatment rooms with harsh fluorescents sounds horrible. Ensure to allow as much natural light inside the medical facility as possible. Install windows or skylights to allow bright light. You will need artificial light to support natural lighting in the evening or cloudy days but aim to gain as much natural light as possible.

Safe and clean floor

There is plenty of traffic passing in and out of the medical center every day,so have slip-resistant mats and tiles. For a better hygiene environment make sure that floors get cleaned and mopped with ease. Carpet is not great because it retains bacteria and absorbs liquid.

Easy navigation

The reception area has to be in such a space that patients entering inside the facility can see it. Put navigable signs to offer proper directions. Wordings need to be clear and bold. Clear signage can prevent people from wandering accidentally in restricted zones.

Take help from a professional fit-out agency in restructuring the medical center layout because there are small details that need serious consideration. For example, the corridors need to be wide, so that patients in a wheelchair can comfortably navigate.

Tiny details make a difference and increase efficiency!

Choosing a kitchen knife for professional chefs is a whole science with its own terminology, secrets and rules – for them a knife is almost an extension of a hand. It is not necessary for us, ordinary people, to understand all the intricacies of this science and to have a full set of tools, but everyone can learn to distinguish good kitchen knives from bad ones and make up their own “chef’s three” correctly.

Briefly about the main

If you don’t want to dive into a short course on choosing knives and you only need one high-quality multi-purpose knife, then we offer the following solutions:

The best choice for a man:

the so-called “chef’s knife” (chef’s knife, French knife) in stainless steel 20-25 cm long (universal length – 21 cm or 8 inches). This tool can do 80% of all work: cut, cut, chop, chop, beat off. Producers: the most expensive and the best – the old brands Wusthof and Zwilling JA Henckels (pictured below), the middle price category – Victorinox and Arcos, from the budget – quite worthy “Tramontina” (pictured below) and “Opinel”.

The best choice for a woman:

the overwhelming majority of female hands are best suited for universal kitchen utensils with a length of 13-16 cm (or 5-6 inches). This knife is a cross between a classic chef’s knife and a slicer, and it copes well with most types of work.

Producers: top-end – all the same Wusthof, Zwilling JA Henckels, as well as F. Dick, Shun, etc., mid-price category – Victorinox and Arcos, from the budget – quite worthy kitchen knives Tramontina, Trupperware or Opinel ”in carbon steel (pictured below is model # 102 with a 10 cm blade).

A set of basic knives “kitchen three”: a kitchen or chef three is called a set of three knives, which are most often used at home. As a rule, these are:

1. A chef knife of general use – since this is the most important knife in the kitchen, we will consider the question of how to choose the right quality copy below in more detail;
2. Serrated for cutting bread, as well as puff cakes, vegetables, fruits 20-26 cm long – the knife has a serrated blade and looks a bit like a saw. He perfectly cuts bread, not allowing it to wrinkle, delicately cuts the skin of tomatoes and other fruits and vegetables with a thin skin. It is not worth spending a lot of money on the purchase of such a knife, the main thing is to find one so that the teeth of the serrated blade are not too large or too small. For example, this model from Victorinox has an average size of teeth, but it will not be difficult to find more affordable analogs.
3. A knife for peeling vegetables, chopping garlic and other “small” jobs 8-10 cm (3-4 inches) long – it doesn’t make sense to spend a lot of money on buying this knife either, so take the one that you like in appearance and price.

Some more useful information

• You can buy a ready-made set of kitchen knives, or you can create your own “arsenal” yourself. As a rule, it is more profitable to buy ready-made kits than to collect instruments separately. But on the other hand, it is not always possible to find an ideal set in terms of composition and quality, besides, it is much more reasonable to spend most of the budget (80%) on buying a good chef’s knife, and you can save on the rest;
• Instead of a bread knife, you can purchase a knife with a regular blade 13-16 cm long for your “chef’s three”;
• In fact, the “kitchen three” can be replaced by the “kitchen two” as in the photo on the right – a chef’s knife and a knife for peeling vegetables;
• If even a couple of tools seem like an overkill for you, then feel free to acquire one chef’s knife, but high-quality and convenient just for you. And although it always makes sense to read reviews and ratings, you can still find an excellent chef in terms of price and quality from unknown brands. The main thing to focus on is the quality of the steel and how well the tool fits into your hand.

How to choose the right chef’s knife that can serve you for many years, read in the next chapter or watch in the video clip of the authoritative enthusiast and specialist Andrey Kozlovsky.