Research Catalog

Title

Natural ventilation for infection control in health-care settings / edited by James Atkinson ... [et al.].

Publication

Geneva : World Health Organization, 2009.

Supplementary Content

http://www.who.int/water%5Fsanitation%5Fhealth/publications/natural%5Fventilation.pdf

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Details

Additional Authors

• Atkinson, James
• World Health Organization

Description

xxv, 106 p. : ill. (some col.); 25 cm.

Summary

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 infection in health-care settings.

Subject

• Ventilation
• Infection > Prevention
• Health facilities > Heating and ventilation
• Air Microbiology
• Infection Control
• Ventilation > methods
• Health Facilities > standards

Genre/Form

Guideline.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-61).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available via the World Wide Web.

Contents

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

ISBN

• 9789241547857
• 9241547855

OCLC

• ocn531098294
• 531098294
• SCSB-8856669

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries