Humidification in healthcare facilities - knowledge base and practice

Humidification is not a common procedure in many buildings in the Netherlands. An exception are buildings used for healthcare, especially hospitals. There, e.g. in operating theatres, relative humidity (RH) generally is controlled stringently at levels around 50%. From an energy point-of-view humidification is an energy-intensive activity....

Het Wells-Rileymodel bij SARS-CoV-2. Beperkingen en toepassing

Samenvatting Om naderinzicht te krijgen in de besmettingsrisico’s met SARS-CoV-2 in binnenruimten en welke factoren hierin een rol spelen, is er behoefte aan berekeningsmodellen waarmee we dit kunnen inschatten. De berekening van de kans op een individuele besmetting met Sars-CoV-2 via de aerogene route wordt momenteel vaak bepaald met het...

Practical guidance for ventilation of healthcare facilities - Ventilation is important but certainly not the holy grail

The Expert Panel Corona healthcare in the Netherlands, a collaboration between The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Eindhoven University of Technology (EUT), Association Contamination Control Netherlands (VCCN) and Royal HaskoningDHV (RHDHV), was started in March 2020 to help healthcare facilities deal with urgent...

Considerations on pandemic resilient healthcare facilities

The healthcare response to the current COVID-19 pandemic has required marshalling nearly all available capacity in the system. The peak months of the pandemic have seen an almost complete cessation of all but the most urgent regular care. Healthcare systems and facilities must be made more resilient to future outbreaks to avoid large and...