IHEEM is supporting a one-day seminar on Improving air quality in healthcare facilities, being held by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) at its London headquarters at One Birdcage Walk on 7 November.
The IMechE said: “At this seminar, engineers, healthcare researchers, and lab designers, will examine the engineering challenges and solutions available to ensure that you meet modern healthcare ventilation standards and requirements.” Among the topics covered will be ‘Trade-offs between energy and infection risk in healthcare ventilation’ – Dr Cath Noakes, director, Pathogen Control Engineering Institute, University of Leeds; ‘Low energy hospital ventilation’ – Frank Mills, MD, Environmental Design Consultants; ‘A new isolation room design for Category 4 pathogens’ – Blanca Beato Arribas, senior research engineer, BSRIA, and ‘Recent trends and influences in the design of laboratories for healthcare facilities’ – Mike Dockery – Lab design consultant, Sui Generis. More information on the speakers, and the event, is available at: www.imeche.org/events/S1799 IHEEM members can attend at a discounted price of £260 + VAT. To book, visit: https://events.imeche.org/ EventProduct.aspx?EventID=2046
