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Natural Ventilation for Infection Control in Health-Care Settings

Author: World Health Organisation
Recommended citation: World Health Organisation. Natural Ventilation for Infection Control in Health-Care Settings. 2009. http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/publications/natural_ventilation.pdf.
Published: 2009

Description

In this guideline, natural ventilation is considered 
among one the effective measures to control infections in health care. This guideline provides 
a design and operation guide for hospital planners, engineers, architects and infection control 
personnel. The recommendations in this guideline followed a systematic 
review of the literature on the association of ventilation and disease transmission, as well 
as effective natural ventilation solutions for infection control.
Tags: Prevention