Ventilation measures to control aerosol transmission based on <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 outbreaks in hospitals in Japan-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Ventilation measures to control aerosol transmission based on COVID‐19 outbreaks in hospitals in Japan

Published:2024-01 Issue:1 Volume:7 Page:
ISSN:2475-8876
Container-title:JAPAN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
language:en
Short-container-title:Japan Architectural Review

Author:

Hayashi Motoya¹^ORCID,Honma Yoshinori²,Kikuta Koki¹,Hasegawa Asako³,Murata Sayaka⁴,Yamada Hiromi⁵,Ogata Masayuki⁶,Kagi Naoki⁷^ORCID,Yanagi U⁸^ORCID,Yamanaka Toshio⁹,Kim Hoon²,Kobayashi Kenichi²,Kaihara Noriko²,Ito Akira¹⁰,Shinohara Fumihiko¹¹,Morimoto Shoichi¹²

Affiliation:

1. Faculty of Engineering Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan

2. National Institute of Public Health Wako Japan

3. Department of Lifestyle and Space Design, Faculty of Human Life Science Miyagi Gakuin Women's University Sendai Japan

4. Hokkaido Research Organization Asahikawa Japan

5. Kyushu Women's University Kitakyushu Japan

6. Department of Architecture Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo Japan

7. School of Environment and Society Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo Japan

8. Department of Architecture Kogakuin University Tokyo Japan

9. Osaka University Osaka Japan

10. Nikken Sekkei Ltd. Tokyo Japan

11. Nihon Sekkei Ltd. Tokyo Japan

12. Shinryo Corporation Tsukuba Japan

Abstract

AbstractCOVID‐19 outbreaks occurred in several hospitals, and the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, local authorities, and universities carried out investigations into ventilation in hospitals. The results indicated that ventilation performance was insufficient to prevent aerosol infection due to poor air conditioning, equipment maintenance, and existing ventilation design guidelines. The authors investigated guidelines for ventilation measures for general patient wards with the cooperation of The Society of Air‐Conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan and the Japanese Society for Infection Prevention and Control. Based on a survey of COVID‐19 outbreaks in hospitals, ventilation countermeasure plans for 3 stages (a. normal conditions, b. increased risk of outbreaks, and c. infected patients treated) were compiled.

Publisher

Wiley

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/2475-8876.12463

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