Review Article
Preventing Airborne Disease Transmission: Review of Methods for Ventilation Design in Health Care Facilities
Table 8
Functional spaces in health care facilities [
72].
| Functional space category | Subspace functions (minimum required ACH) |
| Surgery and critical care | Class A (15+), B (20+), and C (20+) operations, newborn intensive care (6+), triage (12+) | Inpatient nursing | Patient recovery (6), protective environment (12+), airborne infection isolation (12−), corridor (2) | Skilled nursing facility | Resident (2), gathering/activity/dining (4) | Laboratories | Diagnostic radiology (6), surgical radiology (15+), bacteriology (6−), microbiology (6−), autopsy (12−), sterilizing (10−) | Diagnostic and treatment | Examination (6), medication (4+), treatment (6) | Sterilizing and supply | Sterilizing equipment (10−) | Central medical and surgical supply | Clean workroom (4+), sterile storage (4+) | Service | Food preparation (10), laundry (10−), bathrooms (10−) | Support | Hazardous material storage (10−) |
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: positive pressure required; −: negative pressure required.
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