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| Natural Ventilation for Infection Control in Health-care Settings |
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| Nonserial Publication |
| Atkinson, J., Chartier, Y., Pessoa-Silva, C.L., Jensen, P., Li, Y., Seto, W.H. |
| World Health Organization |
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ISBN-13
9789241547857
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ISBN-10
9241547855
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Order Number
11500771
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Format
Paper Back
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Price
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30.00
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US$
36.00
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Developing countries:
CHF
21.00
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English
2009
131
pages
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| Summary |
In this new guideline, natural ventilation is considered for the first time among the effective measures to control infections in health care. Such a recommendation from WHO demonstrates a growing recognition of the role of ventilation and natural ventilation for infection control.
Previous guidelines demonstrated that further study was required in areas such as
minimum requirements for natural ventilation and design, construction, operation and
maintenance for effective natural ventilation systems for infection control.
Over the past two years, a multidisciplinary team of engineers, architects, infection control
experts and microbiologists has been working to produce this WHO guideline
providing a design and operation guide for hospital planners, engineers, architects and
infection-control personnel. The recommendations in this WHO guideline followed a
systematic review of the literature on the association of ventilation and disease
transmission, as well as effective natural ventilation solutions for infection control.
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