Facility scenario
Isolation ward set-up: negative pressure, air cleaning and discharge disinfection
An isolation ward cares for patients with airborne or contact-transmitted infections, often with more demand than available isolation rooms during outbreaks or seasonal peaks.
What CDC guidance emphasises
- Negative pressure and at least 12 air changes per hour in airborne infection isolation rooms, with doors closed.
- Portable HEPA recirculation units may augment removal of respirable particles.
- Germicidal UV adds air cleaning alongside ventilation.
- Allow air-clearance time after discharge, then clean and disinfect surfaces.
Recommended set-up
What each zone needs
Starting recommendations. Quantities and placement are confirmed by a site survey.
Zone
Isolation rooms
Containment and air changes.
- BIOCAIR®Additional negative-pressure rooms without construction. Sizing: per extra room.
- HEPA air filtration unitsAir-change augmentation. Sizing: by room volume.
Zone
Anterooms and corridor
Staff movement between rooms.
- ZenerContinuous far-UVC. Sizing: per anteroom / corridor section.
Zone
Discharge turnaround
Safe, documented room release.
- THOR UVCTerminal UVC after manual cleaning. Sizing: one per ward.
Zone
Shared equipment
Items shared between patients.
- HYPERIONNoncritical shared devices. Sizing: one per ward.
Equipment summary
Equipment list for this scenario
| Zone | Equipment | Role | Sizing basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isolation rooms | BIOCAIR® | Additional negative-pressure rooms without construction | Per extra room |
| Isolation rooms | HEPA air filtration units | Air-change augmentation | By room volume |
| Anterooms and corridor | Zener | Continuous far-UVC | Per anteroom / corridor section |
| Discharge turnaround | THOR UVC | Terminal UVC after manual cleaning | One per ward |
| Shared equipment | HYPERION | Noncritical shared devices | One per ward |
Works alongside your existing measures
- Isolation-room ventilation and pressure monitoring
- PPE, hand hygiene and surface disinfectants
CDC references
- CDC/HICPAC. Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities. MMWR 2003;52(RR-10), updated 2019. Source
- CDC. Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005. MMWR 2005;54(RR-17). Source
- CDC/NIOSH. Environmental Control for Tuberculosis: Basic Upper-Room Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation Guidelines for Healthcare Settings. Publication 2009-105. Source
- CDC/HICPAC (Siegel JD, et al.). 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings.
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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