ReviewCritical care (London, England)2020
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) in intensive care unit.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 113 citations in OpenAlex.
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- [The structural and spatial design of German intensive care units from the point of view of infection control measures : Survey among ICU-KISS participants].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2024Article
- Compliance of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Companies to Good Manufacturing Practices in Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning Systems: The Case of Local Ethiopian Firms.Advances in pharmacological and pharmaceutical sciences · 2024Article
- Evaluate the safety of a novel photohydrolysis technology used to clean and disinfect indoor air: A murine study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Methods to assess antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral surfaces in relation to touch and droplet transfer: a review, gap-analysis and suggested approaches.Access microbiology · 2024Review
- Quiescence ofMicroorganisms · 2023Article
- Factors to consider in the safe design of intensive care units - Part 1: historical aspects and ventilation systems.Journal of infection prevention · 2023Article
- Investigation on the effectiveness of ventilation dilution on mitigating COVID-19 patients' secondary airway damage due to exposure to disinfectants.Building and environment · 2023Article
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7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The aim of this review is to describe variation in standards and guidelines on 'heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC)' system maintenance in the intensive care units, across the world, which is required to maintain good 'indoor air quality' as an important non-pharmacological strategy in preventing hospital-acquired infections. An online search and review of standards and guidelines published by various societies including American Institute of Architects (AIA), American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health Estates and Facilities Division, Health Technical Memorandum 2025 (HTM) and Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) along with various national expert committee consensus statements, regional and hospital-based protocols available in a public domain were retrieved. Selected publications and textbooks describing HVAC structural aspects were also reviewed, and we described the basic structural details of HVAC system as well as variations in the practised standards of HVAC system in the ICU, worldwide. In summary, there is a need of universal standards for HVAC system with a specific mention on the type of ICU, which should be incorporated into existing infection control practice guidelines.
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