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Presentation By
Dr. Raju Sivasamy
VP - Medical
www.simshospitals.com SIMS Hospital, Chennai
© 2017. SIMS Hospital.
"A functional design can promote skill,
economy, conveniences, and comforts; a non-
functional design can impede activities of all
types, detract from quality of care, and raise
costs to intolerable levels."
Objective
• Prevention of infection from the
environment in vulnerable patient
–Transplant patient
–Surgical patients (prolonged surgery
with lot of dead tissue)
–Cancer patients
–HIV (Immuno compromised Patient)
• Prevent cross infections between patients
HVAC NEED
• Good ambience and comfort
• Prevent infection
– Stores
– Records
– Disposal
4 Zones Preferable
Disposal zone
Protective Zone
Reception/Trolley
exchange/rooms/equipment/Change room
General Scheme
Work Flow
Dirty exit
RECEPTION
Patient
RECOVERY
Clean supply
Change rooms
Nurse office
Autoclave
Store
Staff
Trolley Exchange Area
• Sliding door
• Electronic – 2 stop
• Modular
• Peroxide resistant
Laminar Flow- Plenum
Positive Pressure
8’x8’
Minimum8’x6’
HTM Standard
(Health Technical
Memorandum)
Temperature and Humidity
• Humidity 40-60%
Pass Box
Disposal Area
• Dirty Corridor
• Wash area
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Bed Space
• 150 – 200 square feet per open bed with 8 feet
in between beds.
• Ideally 8 to 12 beds
Automatic faucet
(no touch)
• 12 air changes/ hr
• Good sunlight
Airborne Particles
• 1- 5 micron size
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HVAC Problem
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To check
• Sun exposure
Direct costs associated with HAI: $28.4-$45 Billion (Scott, CDC Paper, 2012)
• Pneumonia
• Gastrointestinal Illness
• Urine track infection
• Surgical site infection
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Factors Involved in the Spread of
Infectious Diseases
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Organisms Associated with Airborne
Transmission
Fungi Bacteria Viruses
Numerous Aspergillus spp. M. Tuberculosis Measles virus
reports in Mucorales Varicella-zoster
HCF virus
Atypical, Acremonium Acinetobacter Smallpox virus
occasional spp. spp. Influenza
reports Fusarium spp Bacillus spp. viruses
Pseudoallesche Brucella spp. Respiratory
ria boydii Staphylococcus syncytial
Scedosprorium aureus virus
spp. Group A. Adenoviruses
Sporothrix Streptococcus Norwalk-like
cyanescens virus
Airborne Coccidioides Coxiella burnetti Hantaviruses
in nature; immitis (Q Lassa virus
airborne Cryptococcus fever) Marburg virus
transmissi spp. Ebola virus
on in HCF Histoplasma
not Crimean-Congo
capsulatum Virus
described
Droplet Nuclei
1. Coughing 1-5 feet
160+ feet
2. Sneezing 8-15 feet
160+ feet
3. Singing, Talking 1-3 feet
160+ feet
4. Mouth Breathing 1-3 feet
160+ feet
5. *Diarrhea 5 feet+
160+ feet
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Stages of Infectious Droplets & Droplet Nuclei
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Droplet Nuclei Travel Within Buildings
Recirculation No Yes
Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI)
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TB Outpatient Unit
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OT Cleaning Protocol
VIRKON
Mikrobac forte is supplied as a concentrate. Completely wet the parts of medical devices and other
washable surfaces (e.g. floors) to be disinfected with a sufficient amount of solution.
Not suitable for the disinfection of invasive medical devices. Use disinfectants safely. Always read the
label and product information before use.
BACILLOL
– PROPAN-1-OL
– PROPAN-2-OL
– ETHANOL
Cleaning by….Spray and wipe
• Bactericidal
• Yeasticidal
• Tuberculocidal
• Virucidal against enveloped viruses (incl. HBV, HIV, HCV) MNV adeno-,
polyoma- and Rota virus
Theatre hygiene
What we should not do in OT
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