Surgical Suite
Surgical Suite
(OP)
Hello friends,
Need your input :
Surgical suite consists of 6 operating rooms and a support area in the middle (nursing station)
Operating rooms are pressurized and have proper ventilation.
AIA 2006 and ASHRAE calls for 6 air-changes with 2 outside air changes for support area
In my case, infiltration into the support area from operating rooms is more than than the
airflow i need for support area ventilation.
Q: Do I still need to provide ventilation directly from AHU into support area OR
I can rely on airflow from operating rooms into support area?
Thanks
Fayaz
Need your input :
Surgical suite consists of 6 operating rooms and a support area in the middle (nursing station)
Operating rooms are pressurized and have proper ventilation.
AIA 2006 and ASHRAE calls for 6 air-changes with 2 outside air changes for support area
In my case, infiltration into the support area from operating rooms is more than than the
airflow i need for support area ventilation.
Q: Do I still need to provide ventilation directly from AHU into support area OR
I can rely on airflow from operating rooms into support area?
Thanks
Fayaz





RE: Surgical Suite
RE: Surgical Suite
All the excess air leaks into the nursing station.
Total air from OTs is more than what I need for Nursing station ventilation.
So, do I have to add more air for nursing station or I can take credit of the OT air infiltration into the nursing station?
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and yes, you would still need direct outdoor air to satisfy your 2 ach.
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with oa requirements for nursing room fixed, and with varying transfer air, it seems that best solution would be to have pressure-regulated exhaust fan in nursing room.
heat recovery is seemingly not easily attainable. if air from operating room goes to nursing room, only nursing room oa portion can be drawn through heat recovery unit, but that is obviously small portion of total air demands.
hydronic based heat recovery is possible, but would be quite complex and expensive, with exchangers at each op.r. supply, and large exchanger on common nursing room exhaust.
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are operation room over ventilated? we mix between air change number( 5, 10 , 20 or more depend the application) and fresh air required as cfm/person or cfm/area.
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