Focus: Infection Control

Can we build better airborne isolation rooms?

Measles outbreaks bring question to forefront


With measles outbreaks increasingly in the news, one worry  is the number of negative pressure isolation rooms available, according to an article on the Contagion Live website.

A new study is providing guidance as to how to reduce airborne microbial transmission in these rooms. 

Researchers from the University of Cordoba looked at the ventilation systems in isolation rooms to see if they could reduce airborne organism transmission and make them more efficient. 

The research team found that displacement ventilation renewed air in the airborne isolation rooms and eliminated exhaled air pollutants efficiently. 

Read the article.



May 3, 2019


Topic Area: Infection Control


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