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[Posted on behalf of John Ferguson – Moderator]
Dear Mary-Rose
At HIS meeting 3 or 4 yrs ago I heard described such a room design
together with a detailed experimental evaluation conducted to prove it
worked. It involved a positive pressure anteroom (with filtered air
going in) and air egress via the ensuite that was entered from within
the room. For a while they had a building design note available. But
this has gone and I’ve made another search without success (might be
worth a pubmed look)
This may help- some discussion of CDC requirements and the design
elements of isolation rooms-
http://books.google.com.au/books?idq_Q_ncugJX4C&pgPA1003&lpgPA1003&dq
%22positive+pressure+anteroom%22+isolation&sourcebl&otsCmEJM6Q1DP&sig
qQzUZQmjW6nQQnynLPsNmQvrjJg&hlen&ei3G8lTIumPNCGcYHXzKYC&saX&oibook_
result&ctresult&resnum1&ved0CAYQ6AEwAA#vonepage&q%22positive%20pres
sure%20anteroom%22%20isolation&ffalse
I will make enquiries to the Univ group that manages the Australasian
facility guidelines
best wishes
John
Reply from Aus Fac Guideline head at UNSW Jane Carthey below to append
to my reply
John, good to hear from you. The official line here in Oz is not to go
with the changeable pressure rooms as they are considered unreliable.
However I have just got back from Europe and have seen examples there
that seemed to work just fine – I think it was in the Netherlands. You
may be able to get further information from Joram Nauta at Dutch TNO
(Dutch Centre for Health Assets and Architecture) who organised our tour
and the conference I attended – very helpful chap!
Dr John Ferguson
Director, Infection Prevention and Control Unit
Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases Physician
Hunter New England Health Service
Locked Bag 1, Newcastle, NSW 2310, Australia
tel 61 2 49214422, fax 61 2 49214440
Go to http://www.hicsiganz.org for ANZ healthcare infection control resources
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