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ArticleHeliyon2024

The air we breathe: Numerical investigation of ventilation strategies to mitigate airborne dispersion of MERS-CoV in inpatient wards.

Manoj Kumar Satheesan, Tsz Wun Tsang, Ling Tim Wong, Kwok Wai Mui

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Manoj Kumar SatheesanDepartment of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Tsz Wun TsangDepartment of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Ling Tim WongDepartment of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Kwok Wai MuiDepartment of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ventilation strategies for infection control in hospitals has been predominantly directed towards isolation rooms and operating theatres, with relatively less emphasis on perceived low risk spaces, such as general wards. Typically, the ventilation systems in general wards are intended to optimize patient thermal comfort and energy conservation. The emission of pathogens from exhalation activity, such as sneezing, by an undiagnosed infectious patient admitted to general wards, is a significant concern for infection outbreaks. However, the ventilation guidelines for general wards with respect to infection control are vague. This research article presents a numerical study on the effect of varying air change rates (3 h

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Airborne dispersionComputational fluid dynamicsInfection controlNosocomial infectionOpen ward cubicleVentilation

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PMID38404798
PMCPMC10884507

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