Natural ventilation for infection control in health-care settings
This guideline defines ventilation and then natural ventilation. It explores the design requirements for natural ventilation in the context of infection control, describing the basic principles of design, construction, operation and maintenance for an effective natural ventilation system to control...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Geneva
World Health Organization
2009, 2009
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| Collection: | National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-61)
- Part 1. Infection control and ventilation
- 1. General principles of infection control
- 2. Concepts and types of ventilation
- 3. Infection and ventilation
- Part 2. Designing for natural ventilation
- 4. Understanding natural ventilation
- 5. Design and operation
- Annex A. Articles included in the systematic review on the association between ventilation and infection
- Annex B. Recommendation GRADE appraisal tables (GRADE system)
- Annex C. Respiratory droplets
- Annex D. Basic concept of ventilation flow rate
- Annex E. Rationale for determining the minimum ventilation rate requirements
- Annex F. Natural ventilation example I: Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo, Lima, Peru
- Annex G. Natural ventilation example II: Grantham Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Annex H. Natural ventilation example III: Tuberculosis Control Unit, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
- Annex I. Natural ventilation example IV: IOM Isolation Centre, Damak, Nepal