Air Contamination Control in Hospitals

J. Luciano (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

479 Seiten

2013 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1977
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4613-4135-2 (ISBN)

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This is a well conceived and executed volume detailing in close to encyclopedic proportions the question of control of air borne contamination in hospital environments. Many different ap plication areas are described and well documented. Alternative solutions are presented in historical perspective with the neces sary scientific background to provide the uninitiated an oppor tunity to learn not only how to solve a particular problem but more critically why one solution is preferable to another. Every clinician concerned for his patients' welfare must consider the quality of the environment within the hospital--for only there is it potentially controllable Airborne dissemination of nosocomial infections are considered generally rare today. This may be the result of improved intrahospital environmental control or better infection control techniques. If one considers airborne contaminatiqn, real or potential, as undesirable within certain areas of a hospital then proper environmental control must be included in the framework of the physical and functional struc ture. Often it is difficult to specify which controls are needed for a specific application. Frequently this is a problem of in adequate knowledge of the application area and not the availability of technology. Too often, in the rush to provide a solution the newest and most sophisticated equipment is chosen, installed, and found to be more than is required for the task. To avoid these types of errors it is necessary to provide a series of alternative solutions for each problem.

1 Conventional Air Conditioning Systems.- 2 Specialized Air Conditioning and Environmental Control Systems and Techniques.- 3 Filters and Activated Carbon.- 4 Air and Surface Sampling.- 5 Air and Surface Sampling Studies.- 6 Bacteriological Testing of Filters and Systems.- 7 Introduction to Laminar Airflow Systems.- 8 Laminar Airflow Systems.- 9 Reverse Isolation Systems.- 10 Complete Barrier Isolation Systems.- 11 Energy Saving Techniques.- 12 Discussion.

Zusatzinfo	191 Illustrations, black and white; XVI, 479 p. 191 illus.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 244 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
ISBN-10	1-4613-4135-3 / 1461341353
ISBN-13	978-1-4613-4135-2 / 9781461341352
Zustand	Neuware