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A Road Map to a Comprehensive Regulation on Ventilation Technology for Operating Rooms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Santina Iudicello  and
Antonello Fadda
Santina Iudicello*
Affiliation:
Department of Technologies and Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Antonello Fadda
Affiliation:
Department of Technologies and Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
*
viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy ([email protected])
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Abstract

Among strategies to reduce surgical site infection (SSI) risk, we concentrate on the optimization of the air quality through the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. Current ventilation standards applied by some European countries have been compared and show uncertainty in the criteria for dimensioning the HVAC system. The development of a comprehensive regulation needs further discussion.

Type
Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 8 , August 2013 , pp. 858 - 860
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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