Novel ventilation strategy for reducing the risk of airborne cross infection in hospital rooms

12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 2011

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 2961-2966

  Melikov, Arsen ^a   Bolashikov, Zhecho ^a   Georgiev, Emanuil ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Advanced ventilation; Airborne cross infection; Breathing; Hospital room; Mixing ventilation

Indexed keywords

BREATHING; CLIMATE CHAMBERS; CROSS-INFECTION; FULL SCALE MEASUREMENTS; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL ROOMS; MIXING VENTILATION; VENTILATION STRATEGY;

BUOYANCY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 84880554202     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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