Sarah Bailey MSc PGDip Med Myc
Principal Consultant
Each year Australia records about 165,000 incidents of healthcare acquired infections (HAIs) which are acquired upon visiting a hospital. The cost of these HAIs in Australia was predicted to be approximately $1 billion per year in 2009. The recent pandemic of COVID-19 has only aggravated the situation and added to the burden of HAI.
In this whitepaper we take a closer look at:
- COVID-19 and the increased burden of healthcare acquired infections
- Poor ventilation linked to COVID-19 outbreaks
- Managing the risk of COVID-19 in hospital buildings
- Ventilation requirements in hospitals to control COVID-19 infection
- Maintenance priority rankings