Hospital-borne hazardous air pollutants and air cleaning strategies amid the surge of SARS-CoV-2 new variants.

Autor: Gupta N; Medical Research & Development, River Engineering Private Limited, Ecotec-3, Greater Noida, India., Abd El-Gawaad NS; Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, 62529, Saudi Arabia., Mallasiy LO; Department of Home Economics, Faculty of Science and Arts in Tihama, King Khalid University, Muhayil Asir, 61913, Saudi Arabia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Heliyon [Heliyon] 2024 Oct 05; Vol. 10 (20), pp. e38874. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 05 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38874
Abstrakt: Indoor air pollutants and airborne contamination removal have been challenging in healthcare facilities. The airborne transmission control and HVAC system may collapse in hospitals due to the highly infectious respiratory disease-associated patient surge, like COVID-19. Common air filtration systems and HVAC systems enhance the patients' comfort and support indoor hygiene, hitherto insufficient to control highly infectious airborne pathogens and hospital-borne pollutants such as radon, PM 2.5 , patient droplets, VOC, high CO 2 , and anesthetic gases. This review summarized important air cleaning interventions to enhance HVAC efficiency and indoor safety. We discussed efficient air cleaning and ventilation strategies including air filtration, air ionization, passive removal materials (PRM), and UVGI to minimize cross-contamination in hospital wards.
Competing Interests: Authors declare no conflict of interest.
(© 2024 The Authors.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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