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BRAZILIAN ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 63, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
INST TECNOLOGIA PARANA
DOI: 10.1590/1678-4324-2020200335
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Covid 19; pandemic; contamination; strategies; guidelines; best practices
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The spread of Coronavirus is causing in the society all around the world a considerable degree of fear, worry and concern and particularly among healthcare workers that are at increased risk for infection. This paper gathers the strategy/guidelines to reduce the contamination in Intensive care unit (ICU) and in all the hospital environment. The ASHRAE and REHVA guidelines applied the UV-C Lamps, Pressure control filtration, Restroom actions and Humidity control to reduce the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in ICU. The role of infection control in the design of hospitals is increasing every day. This paper highlights the role of heating, ventilating and air-conditioning minimizing the risk of infection from airborne transmission within the built environment through the application of best practices.
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