The considerations that design engineers need to be aware of when providing ventilation in healthcare buildings, with a particular focus on indoor air quality.
Phil Marris, managing director at Jaga Heating Products (UK), discusses the considerations that design engineers must be aware of when providing ventilation in healthcare buildings, with a particular focus on indoor air quality.
There are certain scenarios that increase the importance of the choices made when designing ventilation systems. In healthcare – where the careful specification of all building services is, of course, crucial – indoor air quality (IAQ) is an issue which has a direct impact on what matters most – patients’ welfare. Ventilation, literally, is the provision of fresh air into a space. The problem is that the word ‘fresh’ is not always an entirely accurate description. The air might flow throughout every room of the building, and in a hospital or care home, patients and occupants are vulnerable and at a high risk of contamination and infection. Prevention is protection – protection of the patients themselves, which in turn protects the provider from liability.
Assessing the risks
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