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ICU with standard bed spaces and isolation rooms: infection control set-up

A typical intensive care unit combines open or single standard bed spaces with one or more isolation rooms. Standard spaces are rarely empty; isolation rooms must contain airborne or contact-transmitted organisms and be safely turned around after discharge. Shared devices move constantly between beds.

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What CDC guidance emphasises

  • Airborne infection isolation rooms: negative pressure, at least 12 air changes per hour (new or renovated), doors kept closed.
  • After an airborne-isolation patient leaves, keep the room closed long enough for air changes to clear it before the next patient.
  • Contact precautions: dedicated equipment where possible, otherwise clean and disinfect before use on another patient.
  • Clean and disinfect high-touch surfaces routinely and thoroughly at discharge; no-touch UV is an adjunct to manual cleaning.

Recommended set-up

What each zone needs

Starting recommendations. Quantities and placement are confirmed by a site survey.

Zone

Standard ICU bed spaces

Occupied most of the time; protection has to work around patients and staff.

  • ZenerContinuous far-UVC for air and surfaces while occupied. Sizing: per bed space or bay, set by ceiling height at survey.
  • THOR UVCUVC terminal disinfection after discharge. Sizing: one robot typically serves a unit or floor.

Zone

Isolation rooms

Airborne isolation needs negative pressure and air changes; contact isolation needs thorough surface disinfection at discharge.

  • BIOCAIR®Adds a negative-pressure isolation room where the unit lacks one. Sizing: per additional isolation room needed.
  • HEPA air filtration unitsAugments air changes and filtration inside existing isolation rooms. Sizing: by room volume and target air changes.
  • THOR UVCTerminal disinfection after the air-clearance time and manual cleaning. Sizing: shared with standard bed spaces.
  • ZenerContinuous protection in the anteroom. Sizing: per anteroom.

Zone

Nurses' station and shared equipment

Monitors' accessories, tablets, phones and scanners pass between patients.

  • HYPERIONShared noncritical devices between patients. Sizing: one per unit.
  • ZEUSPhones, pagers and small items at the station. Sizing: one per nurses' station.

Zone

Immunocompromised ICU patients

Haematology or transplant patients admitted to ICU.

  • PLASMAIRHEPA-MD® air decontamination at the bedside. Sizing: per protected bed.

Equipment summary

Equipment list for this scenario

ZoneEquipmentRoleSizing basis
Standard ICU bed spacesZenerContinuous far-UVC for air and surfaces while occupiedPer bed space or bay, set by ceiling height at survey
Standard ICU bed spacesTHOR UVCUVC terminal disinfection after dischargeOne robot typically serves a unit or floor
Isolation roomsBIOCAIR®Adds a negative-pressure isolation room where the unit lacks onePer additional isolation room needed
Isolation roomsHEPA air filtration unitsAugments air changes and filtration inside existing isolation roomsBy room volume and target air changes
Isolation roomsTHOR UVCTerminal disinfection after the air-clearance time and manual cleaningShared with standard bed spaces
Isolation roomsZenerContinuous protection in the anteroomPer anteroom
Nurses' station and shared equipmentHYPERIONShared noncritical devices between patientsOne per unit
Nurses' station and shared equipmentZEUSPhones, pagers and small items at the stationOne per nurses' station
Immunocompromised ICU patientsPLASMAIRHEPA-MD® air decontamination at the bedsidePer protected bed

Works alongside your existing measures

  • Isolation-room ventilation and pressure monitoring
  • Manual cleaning with approved disinfectants and hand hygiene

CDC references

  1. CDC/HICPAC. Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities. MMWR 2003;52(RR-10), updated 2019. Source
  2. CDC/HICPAC (Siegel JD, et al.). 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings.
  3. CDC/HICPAC (Rutala WA, Weber DJ). Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008, updated 2019.

CDC recommendations are product-neutral. Each row shows the CDC recommendation for the application and how the device helps put it into practice, as an additional layer alongside ventilation, manual cleaning, hand hygiene and reprocessing.

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