Article ; Online: Effects of indoor environmental parameters related to building heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems on patients' medical outcomes: A review of scientific research on hospital buildings.
2019 Volume 29, Issue 2, Page(s) 161–176
Abstract: The indoor environment of a mechanically ventilated hospital building controls infection rates as well as influences patients' healing processes and overall medical outcomes. This review covers the scientific research that has assessed patients' medical ... ...
| Abstract | The indoor environment of a mechanically ventilated hospital building controls infection rates as well as influences patients' healing processes and overall medical outcomes. This review covers the scientific research that has assessed patients' medical outcomes concerning at least one indoor environmental parameter related to building heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, such as indoor air temperature, relative humidity, and indoor air ventilation parameters. Research related to the naturally ventilated hospital buildings was outside the scope of this review article. After 1998, a total of 899 papers were identified that fit the inclusion criteria of this study. Of these, 176 papers have been included in this review to understand the relationship between the health outcomes of a patient and the indoor environment of a mechanically ventilated hospital building. The purpose of this literature review was to summarize how indoor environmental parameters related to mechanical ventilation systems of a hospital building are impacting patients. This review suggests that there is a need for future interdisciplinary collaborative research to quantify the optimum range for HVAC parameters considering airborne exposures and patients' positive medical outcomes. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Air Conditioning ; Air Pollution, Indoor ; Cross Infection/microbiology ; Cross Infection/prevention & control ; Environment, Controlled ; Heating ; Humans ; Humidity ; Patients' Rooms ; Temperature ; Treatment Outcome ; Ventilation | |||||
| Keywords | covid19 | |||||
| Language | English | |||||
| Publishing date | 2019-01-25 | |||||
| Publishing country | England | |||||
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review | |||||
| ZDB-ID | 1081722-0 | |||||
| ISSN | 1600-0668 ; 0905-6947 | |||||
| ISSN (online) | 1600-0668 | |||||
| ISSN | 0905-6947 | |||||
| DOI | 10.1111/ina.12531 | |||||
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| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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