{"title":"The design and testing of unidirectional airflow operating theatres","authors":"W. Whyte, C. Mackintosh, W. Whyte","doi":"10.1080/14733315.2021.1889104","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article discusses the design of unidirectional airflow systems used to ventilate operating theatres and provide low concentrations of airborne micro-organisms during surgical operations. Also described are tests that can be used to confirm that unidirectional airflow systems are well designed and perform correctly when installed and during their lifetime. Reasons are given for the failure of unidirectional airflow systems to provide low concentrations of airborne micro-organisms and reduce joint infection rates after total joint arthroplasty when compared to conventional mixed-airflow operating theatres.","PeriodicalId":55613,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Ventilation","volume":"39 1","pages":"247 - 262"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2021-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Ventilation","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14733315.2021.1889104","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract This article discusses the design of unidirectional airflow systems used to ventilate operating theatres and provide low concentrations of airborne micro-organisms during surgical operations. Also described are tests that can be used to confirm that unidirectional airflow systems are well designed and perform correctly when installed and during their lifetime. Reasons are given for the failure of unidirectional airflow systems to provide low concentrations of airborne micro-organisms and reduce joint infection rates after total joint arthroplasty when compared to conventional mixed-airflow operating theatres.
期刊介绍：
This is a peer reviewed journal aimed at providing the latest information on research and application.
Topics include:
• New ideas concerned with the development or application of ventilation;
• Validated case studies demonstrating the performance of ventilation strategies;
• Information on needs and solutions for specific building types including: offices, dwellings, schools, hospitals, parking garages, urban buildings and recreational buildings etc;
• Developments in numerical methods;
• Measurement techniques;
• Related issues in which the impact of ventilation plays an important role (e.g. the interaction of ventilation with air quality, health and comfort);
• Energy issues related to ventilation (e.g. low energy systems, ventilation heating and cooling loss);
• Driving forces (weather data, fan performance etc).
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