dc.contributor.author | Heggebø, Frida Josefine | |
dc.contributor.author | Bi, Yang | |
dc.contributor.author | Harsem, Trond Thorgeir | |
dc.contributor.author | Mathisen, Hans Martin | |
dc.contributor.author | Cao, Guangyu | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-25T08:49:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-01-25T08:49:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-82-536-1728-2 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2387-4295 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2839098 | |
dc.description.abstract | Following the outbreak of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) in 2019, studies show positive results in protecting the surgical staff from patients infected by COVID-19 in operating rooms (ORs) with negative pressure. A negative pressure environment inside the operating room (OR) reduces the virus's circulation outside the OR (Chen et al., 2020). Nevertheless, it is unclear whether the surgeon's thermal plume can impact the transport of contaminants up to the breathing zone and thus cause infection in ORs with various pressure differences compared to adjacent rooms. The results show that a gap between the surgical manikin and the operating table greatly affects the development of the thermal plume from the head surgeon. A plate between the surgical manikin and the operating table may significantly influence the airflow distribution in front of the head surgeon more than the pressure difference inside the operating room. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | SINTEF Academic Press | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Healthy Buildings 2021 – Europe. Proceedings of the 17th International Healthy Buildings Conference 21–23 June 2021 | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | SINTEF Proceedings;9 | |
dc.rights | CC BY 4.0 | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.title | Experimental study on the thermal plume from a surgeon in an operating room with mixing ventilation during COVID-19 pandemic | |
dc.type | Chapter | |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | |
dc.type | Conference object | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | |
dc.rights.holder | © 2021 The Authors. Published by SINTEF Academic Press. | |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Teknologi: 500 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1988778 | |