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Field measurement of airborne particulate matters concentration in a hospital's operating room

In a hospital operating room, adequate air flow and cleanliness are crucial to protect the patient from surgical site infection (SSI) during a procedure. The probability of the patient to get the infection is related to the concentration of bacteria carrying particles inside the room. This paper pre...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Kamar, Haslinda, Kamsah, Nazri, Wong, Keng Yinn
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Published: 2014
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling my.utm.609812017-03-12T07:33:26Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/60981/ Field measurement of airborne particulate matters concentration in a hospital's operating room Mohamed Kamar, Haslinda Kamsah, Nazri Wong, Keng Yinn TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery In a hospital operating room, adequate air flow and cleanliness are crucial to protect the patient from surgical site infection (SSI) during a procedure. The probability of the patient to get the infection is related to the concentration of bacteria carrying particles inside the room. This paper presents a field measurement study to quantify the concentration of particulate matters (PM) in a hospital operating room which complies with the ISO Class 7 requirements. The operating room was equipped with High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters and a vertical laminar air flow (LAF) system. The measurements were conducted at three height levels from the floor namely 1.2 m, 1.8 m and 2.4 m. The data was logged at a rest condition, in accordance to the ISO 14644-1 requirements. A HPC300 particle counter was used to measure the concentrations of particulate matters namely PM0.5, PM1 and PM5. The results show that the concentrations of all particulate matters were higher at the height level of 1.2 m compared to other height levels. The concentration of PM0.5 was relatively higher than PM1 and PM5 in the vicinity of operating table. 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/60981/1/HaslindaMohamedKamar2014_FieldMeasurementofAirborneParticulateMatters.pdf Mohamed Kamar, Haslinda and Kamsah, Nazri and Wong, Keng Yinn (2014) Field measurement of airborne particulate matters concentration in a hospital's operating room. In: The 7th International Meeting on Advances in Thermofluids, 26-27 Nov, 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Mohamed Kamar, Haslinda
Kamsah, Nazri
Wong, Keng Yinn
Field measurement of airborne particulate matters concentration in a hospital's operating room
description In a hospital operating room, adequate air flow and cleanliness are crucial to protect the patient from surgical site infection (SSI) during a procedure. The probability of the patient to get the infection is related to the concentration of bacteria carrying particles inside the room. This paper presents a field measurement study to quantify the concentration of particulate matters (PM) in a hospital operating room which complies with the ISO Class 7 requirements. The operating room was equipped with High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters and a vertical laminar air flow (LAF) system. The measurements were conducted at three height levels from the floor namely 1.2 m, 1.8 m and 2.4 m. The data was logged at a rest condition, in accordance to the ISO 14644-1 requirements. A HPC300 particle counter was used to measure the concentrations of particulate matters namely PM0.5, PM1 and PM5. The results show that the concentrations of all particulate matters were higher at the height level of 1.2 m compared to other height levels. The concentration of PM0.5 was relatively higher than PM1 and PM5 in the vicinity of operating table.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mohamed Kamar, Haslinda
Kamsah, Nazri
Wong, Keng Yinn
author_facet Mohamed Kamar, Haslinda
Kamsah, Nazri
Wong, Keng Yinn
author_sort Mohamed Kamar, Haslinda
title Field measurement of airborne particulate matters concentration in a hospital's operating room
title_short Field measurement of airborne particulate matters concentration in a hospital's operating room
title_full Field measurement of airborne particulate matters concentration in a hospital's operating room
title_fullStr Field measurement of airborne particulate matters concentration in a hospital's operating room
title_full_unstemmed Field measurement of airborne particulate matters concentration in a hospital's operating room
title_sort field measurement of airborne particulate matters concentration in a hospital's operating room
publishDate 2014
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/60981/1/HaslindaMohamedKamar2014_FieldMeasurementofAirborneParticulateMatters.pdf
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