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Article: Risk of cross-infection in a hospital ward with downward ventilation

TitleRisk of cross-infection in a hospital ward with downward ventilation
Authors
KeywordsCross-infection
Downward ventilation
Full-scale experiments
Hospital ward
Return opening location
Room air distribution
Issue Date2010
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/buildenv
Citation
Building And Environment, 2010, v. 45 n. 9, p. 2008-2014 How to Cite?
AbstractA two-bed hospital ward with one standing healthcare person and a ceiling-mounted lowimpulse semicircular inlet diffuser is simulated in a full-scale room. Tracer gas is used for simulating gaseous contaminants, and the concentration is measured at different air change rates and different postures of the patients. A textile partition between the beds, which is typical in a hospital ward, is used for protection of the patients in some of the experiments. Three different layouts of return openings are tested. One layout with one opening at the ceiling, another with four openings at the wall opposite to the inlet diffuser, and one with a high location of these four openings. The downward recirculating flow is on average parallel with the partition, and in most cases the partition does not decrease cross-infection. A high location of the four return openings decreases the risk of cross-infection. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/124890
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 7.1
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.647
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dc.contributor.authorLi, Yen_HK
dc.contributor.authorBuus, Men_HK
dc.contributor.authorWinther, FVen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-31T10:59:47Z-
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dc.date.issued2010en_HK
dc.identifier.citationBuilding And Environment, 2010, v. 45 n. 9, p. 2008-2014en_HK
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dc.description.abstractA two-bed hospital ward with one standing healthcare person and a ceiling-mounted lowimpulse semicircular inlet diffuser is simulated in a full-scale room. Tracer gas is used for simulating gaseous contaminants, and the concentration is measured at different air change rates and different postures of the patients. A textile partition between the beds, which is typical in a hospital ward, is used for protection of the patients in some of the experiments. Three different layouts of return openings are tested. One layout with one opening at the ceiling, another with four openings at the wall opposite to the inlet diffuser, and one with a high location of these four openings. The downward recirculating flow is on average parallel with the partition, and in most cases the partition does not decrease cross-infection. A high location of the four return openings decreases the risk of cross-infection. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/buildenven_HK
dc.relation.ispartofBuilding and Environmenten_HK
dc.subjectCross-infectionen_HK
dc.subjectDownward ventilationen_HK
dc.subjectFull-scale experimentsen_HK
dc.subjectHospital warden_HK
dc.subjectReturn opening locationen_HK
dc.subjectRoom air distributionen_HK
dc.titleRisk of cross-infection in a hospital ward with downward ventilationen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.02.017en_HK
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