COVID-19 outbreak and hospital air quality: a systematic review of evidence on air filtration and recirculation

ES Mousavi, N Kananizadeh… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 has made us all think critically about hospital indoor air quality
and the approaches to remove, dilute, and disinfect pathogenic organisms from the hospital …

A review of the research literature on evidence-based healthcare design

RS Ulrich, C Zimring, X Zhu, J DuBose… - … Research & Design …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: This report surveys and evaluates the scientific research on evidence-based
healthcare design and extracts its implications for designing better and safer hospitals …

[HTML][HTML] Guidelines for environmental infection control in health-care facilities

L Sehulster, RYW Chinn, MJ Arduino… - Morbidity and mortality …, 2003 - cdc.gov
The health-care facility environment is rarely implicated in disease transmission, except
among patients who are immunocompromised. Nonetheless, inadvertent exposures to …

[PDF][PDF] The role of the physical environment in the hospital of the 21st century: A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

C Zimring, A Joseph… - Concord, CA: The Center …, 2004 - healingphotoart.org
The Role of the Physical Environment in the Hospital of the 21st Century: A Once-in-a-Lifetime
Opportunity Page 1 The Role of the Physical Environment in the Hospital of the 21st Century …

Factors involved in the aerosol transmission of infection and control of ventilation in healthcare premises

JW Tang, Y Li, I Eames, PKS Chan… - Journal of Hospital …, 2006 - Elsevier
The epidemics of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003 highlighted both short-
and long-range transmission routes, ie between infected patients and healthcare workers …

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

S Saran, M Gurjar, A Baronia, V Sivapurapu, PS Ghosh… - Critical Care, 2020 - Springer
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 …

Nosocomial aspergillosis in outbreak settings

RP Vonberg, P Gastmeier - Journal of Hospital Infection, 2006 - Elsevier
Nosocomial aspergillosis represents a serious threat for severely immunocompromised
patients and numerous outbreaks of invasive aspergillosis have been described. This …

Effects of indoor environmental parameters related to building heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems on patients' medical outcomes: A review of scientific …

A Shajahan, CH Culp, B Williamson - Indoor Air, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The indoor environment of a mechanically ventilated hospital building controls infection
rates as well as influences patients' healing processes and overall medical outcomes. This …

A review of the empirical literature on the relationships between indoor environment and stress in health care and office settings: Problems and prospects of sharing …

M Rashid, C Zimring - Environment and behavior, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
A conceptual framework linking indoor environment and stress is provided. The framework
suggests that, in many cases, indoor environments may set forth a process leading to stress …

Roles of sunlight and natural ventilation for controlling infection: historical and current perspectives

RA Hobday, SJ Dancer - Journal of hospital infection, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Infections caught in buildings are a major global cause of sickness and
mortality. Understanding how infections spread is pivotal to public health yet current …