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Indoor Air Quality in Healthcare Facilities /

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,...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Capolongo, Stefano; Settimo, Gaetano; Gola, Marco
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health,
Subjects:
Medicine
Health Promotion
Practice of medicine
Environmental Health
Air Pollution
Medicine & Public Health
Practice and Hospital Management
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49160-8
Summary: 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
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XVII, 132 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 9783319491608
Index Number: R727
CLC: R-05
Contents: Foreword: Improving the Hospital's Indoor Air Quality -- Indoor Air Quality in Healing Environments: Impacts of Physical, Chemical, and Biological Environmental Factors on Users -- Existing Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality: The Case Study of Hospital Environments -- Applications of IAQ Monitoring in International Healthcare Systems -- Hospital Environments and Epidemiology of Healthcare-Associated Infections -- Analysis of Microorganisms in Hospital Environments and Potential Risks -- Legionella Indoor Air Contamination in Healthcare Environments -- Environmentally Friendly and Low-Emissivi

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