Natural Ventilation for Infection Control in Health-care Settings
- ISBN-10
- 9241547855
- ISBN-13
- 9789241547857
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 106
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- World Health Organization
- Authors
- Y. Chartier, C. L Pessoa-Silva
Description
This guideline defines ventilation and then natural ventilation. It explores the design requirements for natural ventilation in the context of infection control, describing the basic principles of design, construction, operation and maintenance for an effective natural ventilation system to control infection in health-care settings.
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