ShareA new idea that is 40 years old: air curtain hospital operating room systems.
Author(s) : COOK G., INT-HOUT D.
Summary
Currently accepted best design practice for controlling airborne particulates in the hospital operating room relies on air flow type (laminar) and direction (down from ceiling). This is typically in the form of large arrays of laminar diffusers. These arrays are limited, or impacted, by temperature difference and the need to have other ceiling-mounted equipment in the operating room. The industry could benefit from a scalable pre-engineered system that overcomes these inherent limitations. Such systems could be qualified by actual microbial testing.
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- Original title: A new idea that is 40 years old: air curtain hospital operating room systems.
- Record ID : 2009-0767
- Languages: English
- Source: ASHRAE Transactions. 2007 Winter Meeting. Volume 113, part 1 + CD-ROM.
- Publication date: 2007/01/27
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Indexing
- Themes: Comfort air conditioning
- Keywords: Ventilation; Design; Air curtain; Operating theatre; Hospital; Air conditioning
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Impianti a portata variabile per la climatizzaz...
- Author(s) : MAZZACANE S., AGOSTINI E., ALBERANI L.
- Date : 2000/03/22
- Languages : Italian
- Source: Condizionamento, ventilazione e contaminazione ambientale, riscaldamento, refrigerazione: innovazioni e tendenze. 41° Convegno annuale AICARR./ Air conditioning, ventilation, air contamination, heating and refrigeration: innovations and trends. 41st annual conference of AICARR.
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Assessment of thermal comfort during surgical o...
- Author(s) : MORA R., ENGLISH M. J. M., ATHIENITIS A. K.
- Date : 2001
- Languages : English
- Source: ASHRAE Transactions. 2001 Winter Meeting, Atlanta, GA. Volume 107, part 1 + CD-ROM.
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Environmental control in an operating theatre.
- Author(s) : KIDERLEN E.
- Date : 1998/03/04
- Languages : English
- Source: Cooling trends in an African context. The Frigair '98 International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference.
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Air leakage analysis of special ventilation hos...
- Author(s) : GEESLIN A., STREIFEL A.
- Date : 2008/06/21
- Languages : English
- Source: ASHRAE Transactions. 2008 Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Volume 114, part 2 + CD-ROM.
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Comparison of operating room ventilation system...
- Author(s) : MEMARZADEH F., MANNING A. P.
- Date : 2002
- Languages : English
- Source: ASHRAE Transactions. 2002 annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii. Volume 108, part 2 + CD-ROM.
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