Comparison of operating room ventilation systems in the protection of the surgical site

Memarzadeh F, Manning A P
ventilation system, health, hospital, particle
Year:
2002
Bibliographic info:
Preprint ASHRAE Transactions vol.108 no.2 2002 (USA) - paper presented at the ASHRAE Annual Meeting, Honolulu, June 2002 - 13 pp, 12 figs, 24 refs, 5 tabs

The risk of contaminant deposition (10 microns particles) on an operating room surgical site is evaluated for different ventilation systems - conventional, laminar, non-aspirating, displacement -, using airflow modeling and particle tracking methodologies. Results show that laminar flows are the most appropriate to avoid particles deposition.

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