Influenza viruses have threatened the globe at least three times in known history and there is a widely held belief among scientists that a new pandemic is inevitable. Theris enables hospital designers to engineer an HVAC system to be “pandemic-ready”. A pandemic-ready HVAC system allows rooms in a section of the hospital to be converted on-demand to negative pressure spaces, effectively creating an isolation ward in the event of an outbreak. A pandemic-ready hospital is:
- Prepared for patient surge with sufficient negative pressure rooms
- Prepared to ensure the safety of the public and hospital staff
- Designed with the flexibility to use spaces for future revenue generating procedures