In the launch issue of European Medical Hygiene, Tim Sandle presents an overview of clean air supply to hospital operating theatres, pharmacy units and cleanrooms.
An
extract from the article is:
“There
are several different types of clean air technologies and these are applied to
different settings. For hospitals the two of interest are the cleanroom, which
is applicable to the hospital pharmacy, and the clean zone, which is important to
both the pharmacy and operating theatre. For the aseptic preparation and
dispensing of medicines, a hospital pharmacy unit will have either a cleanroom
with a clean air device within it, or use an isolator. Within the operating
theatre, clean air is directed towards the theatre table by a vertical
unidirectional airflow (UDAF) unit, which forces clean air downwards in
parallel streams.”
The
reference is:
Sandle,
T. (2012). “An Air of Safety: The application of cleanrooms and clean air
devices within the hospital setting”, European
Medical Hygiene, Issue 1, August 2012, pp11-17
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