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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Ventilation Performance Evaluation of a Negative-Pressurized Isolation Room for Emergency Departments.

Fujen Wang, Indra Permana, Citra Chaerasari, Kwowhei Lee, Tongbou Chang, Dibakar Rakshit

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Fujen WangDepartment of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Energy Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 411, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-7744-4898
Indra PermanaGraduate Institute of Precision Manufacturing, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 411, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-9071-0695
Citra ChaerasariDepartment of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Energy Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 411, Taiwan.
Kwowhei LeeYuanlin Christian Hospital, Changhua 510, Taiwan.
Tongbou ChangDepartment of Mechanical and Energy, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 452, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-3036-3016
Dibakar RakshitDepartment of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi 110016, India.ORCID 0000-0002-8469-5924
National Chin-Yi University of Technology · TWChanghua Christian Hospital · TWIndian Institute of Technology Delhi · INNational Chiayi University · TW

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology MOST 109-2622-E-167-002-CC3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to the emergence of COVID-19 becoming a significant pandemic worldwide, hospitals are expected to be capable and flexible in responding to the pandemic situation. Moreover, as frontline healthcare staff, emergency department (ED) staff have a high possibility of exposure risk to infectious airborne. The ED isolation room will possibly and effectively isolate the infected patient, therefore safekeeping frontline healthcare staff and controlling the outbreak. However, there is still limited knowledge available regarding isolation room facilities specifically for the emergency department. In this study, field measurement is conducted in an ED isolation room located in Taiwan. CFD simulation is employed to simulate and investigate the airflow and airborne contaminant distribution. Instead of high air-change rates (ACH) that purposes for dilution, this study proposes the arrangement of exhaust air grilles to improve the contaminant removal. The results reveal that the exhaust air grille placed behind the patient's head is optimized to dilute airborne contaminants.

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computational fluid dynamicsinfection controlisolation roomventilation performance

Identifiers

PMID35206808
PMCPMC8872354
OpenAlexW4206303955

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