Basic Documentation
Table Of Contents
- Industry Guidelines and Preventing the Spread of Disease
- Preventing the Spread of Disease in Healthcare Facilities
- Disease Transmission
- Design Requirements for Healthcare Facilities
- Isolation Room HVAC Design Considerations
- General Healthcare Facility Ventilation Related Recommendations
- Construction and Renovation Procedures
- Commissioning
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ensure proper directional airflow. Establish and
maintain a surveillance program for airborne
particulate. T
hat particulate may include mold
spores, bacteria, microbes, etc. within the active
part of the facility during construction to ensure
the health and safety of immunocompromised
patients and continued maintenance of indoor
air quality goals.
During the entire construction period, ensure
that signs and other provisions remain in place
to direct persons away from the construction
zone and minimize the dispersion of dust and
contaminants. When construction personnel
require access to the interior of the existing
facility, entrances and elevators should be
designated specifically for those workers. When
the work mainly involves an area within the
interior of an existing facility, separate
washrooms and break areas should also be
designated for the workers and, when practical,
these areas should be separated from the other
parts of the facility by adequate barriers.
Commissioning
Commissioning is a quality control process used to
achieve, validate and document that facilities and
HVAC mechanical systems, room environments are
planned, constructed, installed, tested, and capable
of being operated and maintained as required based
upon design and performance requirements. The
AIA 2006 guideline has includes commissioning to
ensure that health care facilities are constructed to
meet patient environment of care needs. This is of
special importance for ventilation systems that are
recognized as a means of infection control.
The Commissioning agent should be an
independent 3
rd
party, not associated with the
installing contractor.
Air balancing, pressure relationships, and
exhaust criteria for mechanical systems should
be clearly described and tested to create an
environment of care that provides infection
control. Ventilation deficiencies are not
acceptable.
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Areas requiring emergency power should be
specified and tested.
20. AIA Guidelines 2006, section 4.1.2, p.28