HOSPITAL ISOLATION ROOM HVAC DESIGN （医院隔离房暖通空调设计）.pdfVIP

HOSPITAL ISOLATION ROOM HVAC SYSTEM DESIGN Presented to: ASHRAE YEA Illinois Chapter Specialty Environment Design Conference March 24, 2014 Jean O. Gibbons, PE, LEED AP Senior Vice President Grumman/Butkus Associates Grumman/Butkus Associates Energy Efficiency Consultants and Sustainable Design Engineers Hospital Isolation Room HVAC System Design Types of Isolation Rooms Codes/Standards/References  Design Criteria  Design Considerations  Design Examples Types of Isolation Rooms Airborne Infection •Used to reduce the spread of airborne infectious diseases (TB) from the patient in the AII Room to the rest of the hospital. Isolation (AII) Rooms •Most common type seen in hospitals Protective •Used to protect the patient (typically an immune suppressed patient) in the protective environment from common Isolation/Environment environmental airborne infectious microbes. Rooms •Less common than AII Convertible Isolation •Rooms that can be converted from an AII Room (negative) to a Protective Environment Room (positive) Rooms •Out of date concept - not allowed by ASHRAE Standard 170 Combination AII/PE •Used for an immune suppressed patient who has an infectious disease. Rooms •Protects both patient and rest of hospital. Codes/Standards/References  “Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities”, Recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), 2003  Codes: o Illinois Administrative Code – will refe