Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) in intensive care unit

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作者
Saran, Sai [1 ]
Gurjar, Mohan [2 ]
Baronia, Arvind [2 ]
Sivapurapu, Vijayalakshmi [3 ]
Ghosh, Pralay S. [4 ]
Raju, Gautham M. [5 ]
Maurya, Indubala [6 ]
机构
[1] Super Special Canc Inst & Hosp, Dept Crit Care Med, Lucknow 226002, Uttar Pradesh, India
[2] Sanjay Gandhi Postgrad Inst Med Sci SGPGIMS, Dept Crit Care Med, Lucknow 226014, Uttar Pradesh, India
[3] Indira Gandhi Med Coll & Res Inst, Dept Anaesthesiol, Puducheny 605006, India
[4] Tata Med Ctr, Dept Crit Care Med, Kolkata 700156, W Bengal, India
[5] Manipal Hosp, Dept Crit Care Med, Benguluru 560017, Karnataka, India
[6] Super Special Canc Inst & Hosp, Dept Anesthesiol, Lucknow 226002, Uttar Pradesh, India
关键词
Heating; ventilation and air-conditioning; Intensive care unit; Indoor air quality; Ventilation; Infection control; AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION; INFECTIOUS AGENTS; OUTBREAK; ACINETOBACTER; SOCIETY;
D O I
10.1186/s13054-020-02907-5
中图分类号
R4 [临床医学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100602 ;
摘要
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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