Healthcare HVAC Design Basics - English Version

A simplified guide for Healthcare HVAC with a scientific material & explanation in simple English language, summarizes basics of air conditioning design in hospitals – Course is useful for Healthcare HVAC Engineers, either Design or Construction or Maintenance.

the course includes the following: ·

· Explanation of the specifications of air conditioning equipment and filters used in hospitals HVAC systems showing the difference between them and commercial systems

· Hygienic vs Clinical vs commercial AHU

· Clarification of the meaning of number of Air Changes per Hour (ACH) together with Fresh Air Changes per Hour (FACH) for different hospital rooms · Temperatures and humidity required in different hospital rooms.

· How to distribute air and what type of air outlets are required

· Room air pressurization requirements, how to implement it, and its challenges.

· Architectural considerations associated with the air conditioning system.

Course explains hospital rooms HVAC requirements for the following hospital departments & rooms: ·

· Isolation rooms for patients (infectious patient – immunocompromised patient – infectious and immunocompromised patient – Iodine Injection Patient - psychiatric patient)

· Oncology ward patient rooms·

· Operating Rooms (OR)·

· Surgical Site Infection and UCV Operating Rooms ·

· Clean rooms classes·

· IVF department·

· PACU Recovery Rooms·

· Intensive Care different types (ICU) – PICU – NICU – Burn ICU.

· Radiology rooms, types and classes·

· Precautions for Ductwork Penetration for Lead-lined Rooms·

· Linear accelerator radiation therapy room ·

· Endoscopy rooms·

· Bronchoscopy Room·

· Emergency Department (ER) and its various rooms.

· Cardiac Catheterization room·

· Pharmacy department·

· Central Sterilization Department CSSD ·

· TSSU Sterilization Department·

· Mortuary: Difference Between Morgue and Autopsy·

Garbage rooms · and others