Whether or not health sector air safety is compromised is largely determined by HVAC product selection. With more than 9.7 million hospitalisations in Australian between 2013 and 2014, air safety in the health sector is critical. Consider these Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Productivity Commission‘s statistics:

• 180,000 cases of hospital-acquired infections in Australia each year
  • Occupying almost two million bed days
• Average time a patient spent in hospital
  • Public hospitals 5.7 days
  • Private hospitals 5.1 days
• 126,800 hospitalisations needed intensive care
• 1 in 5 hospitalisations needed a surgical procedure
• 408,000 principle respiratory diagnoses
• 295,000 childbirths
  • Caesarean section 94,000
  • Normal delivery 159,000

Here are our tips to ensure that hospital air is kept sanitised to help prevent serious illness, or worse, fatalities of our families, friends and colleagues:

• Engage in careful HVAC product selection to prevent inferior unit selection
• Ensure that HVAC units are properly installed, and during construction, are fit for purpose
• Ensure products installed during construction phases don’t encourage golden staph and similar diseases
• Ensure products don’t encourage mould growth and other deadly microbes (a popular source of fatal pathogens)
• Consider the products used in and around the entire hospital, including gardening substances
• Routinely check (concealed) ducts, decorative ceilings, vents and any other areas with air flow

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