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AIR CONDITIONING AND DECONTAMINATION OF OPERATING THEATRES.

CLIMATISATION DECONTAMINATION DES BLOCS OPERATOIRES.

Author(s) : JOUBERT J. D.

Type of article: Article

Summary

AFTER REVIEWING THE OBJECTIVES THAT AIR-TREATMENT EQUIPMENT HAS TO ACHIEVE, IN OPERATING THEATRES OF HOSPITALS, THE AUTHOR ANALYZES MORE PARTICULARLY THE SOURCES OF BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION IN TREATED AIR. THEN, HE DESCRIBES THE CONVENTIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF OPERATING THEATRES FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE LAYOUT AND THE CIRCULATION OF PEOPLE AND MATERIALS. HE DESCRIBES THE MAIN SYSTEMS CURRENTLY IN USE FOR AIR CONDITIONING-DECONTAMINATION (TRADITIONAL SYSTEM, ROOM WITH HORIZONTAL LAMINAR FLOW, GREENHOUSE WITH VERTICAL LAMINAR FLOW, CHARNLEY AND WEBER CELL). FINALLY, HE PRESENTS HIS OWN DESIGN (ALREADY USED IN ABOUT 10 HOSPITALS IN FRANCE), WHICH AIMS TO RECONCILE EFFICIENCY AND DECONTAMINATION IN THE OPERATING THEATRE AND WHOSE ADVANTAGES ARE A SIMPLIFICATION OF THE LAYOUT OF THE PREMISES AND A LIMITATION OF COST OF OPERATION. THE CHARACTERISTICS ARE: DECENTRALIZATION OF THE AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT AND ITS AUTONOMY, TROLLING PARTICLES WHICH HELP THE COLONIES OF BACTERIA TO DEVELOP, AND RECYCLING OF MOST OF THE TREATED AIR. J.R.

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  • Original title: CLIMATISATION DECONTAMINATION DES BLOCS OPERATOIRES.
  • Record ID : 1991-1311
  • Languages: French
  • Source: Chaud Froid Plomb. - vol. 44 - n. 513
  • Publication date: 1990/04
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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