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VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS IN HOSPITAL OPERATING ROOMS. CONTROL OF AIRBORNE PARTICLES.

Author(s) : WOODS J. E.

Summary

THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO IDENTIFY AND DEMONSTRATE CONTROL STRATEGIES THAT COULD REDUCE ENERGY REQUIREMENTS WHILE NOT PRODUCING DELETERIOUS EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WITHIN THE OPERATING ROOM. THE OBJECTIVE WAS ACHIEVED THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE LITERATURE SEARCH, THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL MODELS, AND THROUGH ANALYSIS OF DATA OBTAINED IN TWO EXISTING OPERATING ROOMS WITH DIFFERENT SYSTEM PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS. NO STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN SETTLING RATES OF TOTAL PARTICULATES IN FIVE SIZE RANGES WERE DETECTED BETWEEN THE TWO OPERATING ROOMS, BUT A TREND TOWARD LESS SETTLING OF VIABLE PARTICLES WAS OBSERVED IN THE RECIRCULATED AIR SYSTEMS.

Details

  • Original title: VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS IN HOSPITAL OPERATING ROOMS. CONTROL OF AIRBORNE PARTICLES.
  • Record ID : 1987-1927
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1986
  • Source: Source: ASHRAE Trans.
    vol. 92; n. 2A; 396-426; 16 fig.; 12 tabl.; 41 ref.; discuss.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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