Natural ventilation for reducing airborne infection in hospitals

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 559-565

  Qian, Hua ^a,b   Li, Yuguo ^b   Seto, W H ^c   Ching, Patricia ^c   Ching, W H ^b   Sun, H Q ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Infection control; Isolation room; Natural ventilation; Ventilation rate

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRBORNE DISEASE; AIRBORNE INFECTION; AIRFLOW PATTERNS; CROSS-INFECTION; ENERGY EFFICIENT; EXHAUST FANS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; HONG-KONG; HOSPITAL WARDS; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION ROOM; LARGE OPENINGS; MECHANICAL EXHAUSTS; MECHANICAL FANS; MECHANICAL VENTILATION; NATURAL VENTILATION; NEGATIVE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; VENTILATION RATE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FANS; HOSPITALS; VENTILATION; WINDOWS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

VENTILATION EXHAUSTS;

AIR QUALITY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; VENTILATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 70350583069     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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