Reda Ibrahim Ahmed Mohamed Afify
Professor
NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF VENTILATION SYSTEMS TO CONTROL INFECTION INSIDE OPERATING ROOMS
16th International Conference on APPLIED MECHANICS & MECHANICAL ENGINEERING • 2014
Publication Information
Authors
HEND E. MOHAMED; TAREK M.BELAL; REDA I. Afify; OSAMA E.ABDELLATIF
Keywords
Numerical investigation; ventilation; infection control; operating rooms; CFD
Journal
16th International Conference on APPLIED MECHANICS & MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Publisher
ekb
Volume
Not Available
Issue
AMME-16
Pages
Not Available
publication.type
International
Paper Link
Open Link
Supplementary Materials
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Abstract
Operating room is critical environment that require ventilation for comfort and to control hazardous emissions from patients and staff. The ventilation system of a hospital operating room is used to provide comfortable and healthy environment. The healthy environment can be achieved by minimizing the risk of contamination through filtration and air distribution scheme. This paper involves numerical study for different ventilation systems studying the impact of dynamic characteristics of air on the indoor air quality by using (CFD) techniques. Five different configurations ventilation systems based on Hospital guidelines standards conditions are applied on a selected model to evaluate the efficiency of ventilation systems in minimizing the risk of postoperative infection. It was concluded that the fourth configurations (laminar airflow (LAF) and exhausts from low level at two sides exhorts) which matching with Germany and ASHRAE Standard are the most efficient which satisfies the comfort conditions and provides protection against infection.
