Are Ventilation Systems Enough to Prevent the Dispersion of Airborne Infectious Diseases in Hospitals?
• Are ventilation systems enough to prevent the dispersion of airborne infectious diseases in hospitals? Shinsuke Kato, The University of Tokyo, Japan Workshop Abstract Tuberculosis has been one of the consistent issues as an airborne infectious disease in terms of hospital hygiene. As epidemic influenza has recently been a global outbreak disease, following the SARS case in 2003, the airborne dispersion of flu viruses were also suspected in hospital buildings. Though some ventilation guidelines were recommended for airborne infection isolation rooms, intensive care units, or operating rooms with the need to prevent the cross infection of patients or healthcare attendants, related research has continued. The risk of airborne infection dispersion in other spaces such as waiting or reception lobby also needs to be evaluated carefully in various conditions as airborne microbes or viruses from a potential patient in such spaces can be dispersed to other patient in the same space or other r
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