Improving air quality in healthcare

Hospitals often experience odour nuisance and limited ventilation options. The unpleasant odors are caused by, among other things, medical treatments, the patient’s body air and incontinence material.

A common problem in nursing homes is that residents are often in the same room for a long time and that the temperature has to be pleasant. This can cause odor nuisance and contamination by viruses and bacteria present. To achieve optimal, healthy air quality, the ventilation system should be running at full capacity. However, this causes noise pollution and a feeling of draft and/or cold. 

When there are residents who smoke, it is not always possible for this to happen outside. In such cases it is necessary that the rooms of the residents are provided with clean air without the smell of smoke.

In the dental practice, the indoor air is continuously polluted by mercury, vapours, fine dust and micro-organisms, odors, small pieces of swirling metal, porcelain, ceramic particles, chemical disinfectants, monomers, as well as bacteria and viruses. This is unhealthy for both patients and employees. It can cause breathing problems, lung problems and allergic reactions. It is therefore important to improve the air quality in the dental practice.

A dental laboratory often works with plastic, glue and plaster. As a result, the indoor air is continuously polluted by monomers, odors, stench, particulate matter and vapours. Unhealthy and a nuisance for both employees and patients. Health complaints that are common among employees of a dental laboratory include: breathing problems, lung problems and allergic reactions. Improving the air quality in a dental laboratory is necessary to solve these problems.

Physiotherapy often suffers from body odors, bacteria, viruses, fine dust or stuffy air in the treatment room, fitness room, sports hall, exercise room or waiting area. Physiotherapists have problems with air quality in physiotherapy practices, including treatment rooms, fitness rooms and sports halls. It is therefore necessary to improve air quality in physiotherapy practice.

In orthopedic shoemakers, orthopedic technicians, sole makers, ocularists, prosthetics, orthotics and related professions, unpleasant odours, stench and fumes from lacquers, glues, synthetic resins and other materials are created in the workspace. In addition, monomers and (fine) dust from plaster impressions and sanding work. It is part of the job, but it is also very bad for health and a nuisance for both employees and patients. It is not surprising that pneumonia is much more common in the industry. Other health complaints include: respiratory problems, eczema and allergic reactions. These problems are solved by improving air quality.