Indoor Air Quality in Healthcare Facilities

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Capolongo, Stefano (Editor), Settimo, Gaetano (Editor), Gola, Marco (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Health promotion.; Practice of medicine.; Environmental health.; Air pollution.; Medicine & Public Health.; Practice and Hospital Management.; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Environmental Health.

This interdisciplinary guide offers background, research findings, and practical strategies for assessing and improving air quality in hospitals and other healthcare settings. Positing good air quality as critical to patient and staff well-being, it identifies disease-carrying microbes, pollutants,...