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ArticleGMS hygiene and infection control2016

Hygiene guideline for the planning, installation, and operation of ventilation and air-conditioning systems in health-care settings - Guideline of the German Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH).

Rüdiger Külpmann, Bärbel Christiansen, Axel Kramer, Peter Lüderitz, Frank-Albert Pitten, Frank Wille, Klaus-Dieter Zastrow, Friederike Lemm, Regina Sommer, Milo Halabi

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Article in GMS hygiene and infection control, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Rüdiger KülpmannGerman Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH), Berlin, Germany.
Bärbel ChristiansenGerman Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH), Berlin, Germany.
Axel KramerGerman Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH), Berlin, Germany; Working Group Hygiene in Hospital and Practice, Association of the Scientific Medical Societies (AWMF), Germany.
Peter LüderitzGerman Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH), Berlin, Germany.
Frank-Albert PittenGerman Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH), Berlin, Germany; Working Group Hygiene in Hospital and Practice, Association of the Scientific Medical Societies (AWMF), Germany.
Frank WilleGerman Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH), Berlin, Germany.
Klaus-Dieter ZastrowGerman Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH), Berlin, Germany.
Friederike LemmGerman Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH), Berlin, Germany.
Regina SommerAustrian Society of Hygiene, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine (ÖGHMP), Vienna, Austria.
Milo HalabiAustrian Society of Hygiene, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine (ÖGHMP), Vienna, Austria.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the publication of the first "Hospital Hygiene Guideline for the implementation and operation of air conditioning systems (HVAC systems) in hospitals" (http://www.krankenhaushygiene.de/informationen/fachinformationen/leitlinien/12) in 2002, it was necessary due to the increase in knowledge, new regulations, improved air-conditioning systems and advanced test methods to revise the guideline. Based on the description of the basic features of ventilation concepts, its hygienic test and the usage-based requirements for ventilation, the DGKH section "Ventilation and air conditioning technology" attempts to provide answers for the major air quality issues in the planning, design and the hygienically safe operation of HVAC systems in rooms of health care.

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PMCPMC4766922

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