Best Practices on HVAC Design to Minimize the Risk of COVID-19 Infection within Indoor Environments
Alexandre Fernandes Santos, Pedro Dinis Gaspar, Aseel Hamandosh, Eliandro Barbosa de Aguiar, Antonio Carlos Guerra Filho, Heraldo José Lopes de Souza
Abstract
The spread of Coronavirus is causing in the society all around the world a considerable degree of fear, worry and concern and particularly among healthcare workers that are at increased risk for infection. This paper gathers the strategy/guidelines to reduce the contamination in Intensive care unit (ICU) and in all the hospital environment. The ASHRAE and REHVA guidelines applied the UV-C Lamps, Pressure control filtration, Restroom actions and Humidity control to reduce the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in ICU. The role of infection control in the design of hospitals is increasing every day. This paper highlights the role of heating, ventilating and air-conditioning minimizing the risk of infection from airborne transmission within the built environment through the application of best practices.