Understanding the ASHRAE 170 Requirements for Protective Environment Rooms
A protective environment room, or PE room, is a type of isolation room that is intended to protect an immunocompromised patient from airborne contamination. PE rooms are designed according to the requirements of ASHRAE Standard 170: Ventilation of Health Care Facilities.
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Critical Environments,
ASHRAE 170,
Filtration
Understanding the ASHRAE 170 Requirements for Airborne Infectious Isolation Rooms
An airborne infectious isolation room, or AIIR, is a type of isolation room that isolates patients infected with organisms that can spread via small airborne droplets (less than 5 µm diameter). The purpose of an AIIR is to prevent the spread of infectious diseases from an infected patient to others. AIIRs are designed according to the requirements of ASHRAE Standard 170: Ventilation of Health Care Facilities.
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Design Engineering,
Critical Environments,
ASHRAE 170,
Filtration
Understanding a Popular Solution for High Volume Filtered Air Needs
A fan filter unit, or FFU, is essentially a filtered laminar flow diffuser with an integrated fan and motor.
The integrated fan and motor provide enough static pressure to overcome the pressure drop of the internally mounted HEPA or ULPA filter.
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Easily Change from Normal Operation to Isolation Mode
The new pandemic-ready patient room solution from Price Critical Environments and Antec Controls provides operational flexibility, allowing the user to easily change from normal operation of a patient room to isolation mode.
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ASHRAE 170,
Filtration
Understanding the Fundamentals
High-efficiency particle air or HEPA filters are used for air filtration where room cleanliness and contaminant control are of the utmost importance, including in cleanrooms, laboratories, pharmaceutical compounding facilities, protective environment isolation rooms and airborne infectious isolation rooms.
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