1
day
Seminar |
Completed
Thursday 15 May 2008
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
1 Birdcage Walk
London
SW1H 9JJ United Kingdom
Ventilation and air quality is vital within the various theatres, isolation rooms and wards of hospitals and healthcare buildings. Whether it’s a new-build or existing healthcare building, the need for sufficient air quality is a vital challenge for the engineers involved.
IMechE therefore invite you to this one-day seminar in order to provide an update on the latest methods used to maintain air quality in these environments. With presentations from leading figures in the healthcare ventilation industry, this event aims to be a comprehensive guide to healthcare ventilation and the engineering challenges and solutions presented by it.
Attending will help you:
- Analyse ventilation’s role in infection control
- Improve hygiene in hospitals
- Examine the latest high-containment laboratories
- Reduce the carbon footprint of medical facilities
- Discuss the energy/low-carbon factors in healthcare building design and construction
- Comply with UK/EU/USA legislation
- Learn about recent design standards (UK/EU/North America)
- Discuss aerial dissemination of pathogens in clinical environments
- Take steps towards reducing airborne infection
- Debate natural ventilation vs mechanical ventilation
- Examine ventilation factors in critical facilities (operating rooms, ICUs, etc)
- Analyse ventilation issues in isolation rooms
- Make technological advances happen
- Meet, greet and network with key industry players
- Find collaborators for future projects
Attending will benefit:
Hospital architects, building services, engineers, facilities managers, hygiene specialists, specialist equipment manufacturers and suppliers, capital project managers, infection control personnel (doctors, nurses, microbiologists), team leaders, operating department managers, risk assessment managers, estates and facilities managers, consulting engineers, project management groups, equipment manufacturers, test and validation specialists.