This interdisciplinary guide offers background research findings and practical strategies for
assessing and improving air quality in hospitals and other healthcare settings. Positing good
air quality as critical to patient and staff well-being it identifies disease-carrying
microbes pollutants and other airborne toxins and their health risks and provides localized
interventions for reducing transmission of pathogens. Effective large-scale approaches to air
quality control are also outlined from green building materials to hygienic HVAC and air
treatment practices. Its thoroughness of coverage makes this book a vital resource for
professionals involved in every aspect of health service facilities from planning and
construction to maintenance and management.Among the topics covered: Existing guidelines in
indoor air quality: the case study of hospital environments Hospital environments and
epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections Analysis of microorganisms in hospital
environments and potential risks Legionella indoor air contamination in healthcare environments
HVAC system design in healthcare facilities and control of aerosol contaminants Assessment of
indoor air quality in inpatient wards Indoor Air Quality in Healthcare Facilities imparts
up-to-date expertise to a variety of professional readers including hospitals' technical and
management departments healthcare facilities' chief medical officers hospital planners sport
and thermal building designers public health departments and students of universities and
schools of hygiene.
