Motoya Hayashi, Yoshinori Honma, Koki Kikuta, Asako Hasegawa, Sayaka Murata, Hiromi Yamada, Masayuki Ogata, Naoki Kagi, U Yanagi, Toshio Yamanaka, Hoon Kim, Kenichi Kobayashi, Noriko Kaihara, Akira Ito, Fumihiko Shinohara, Shoichi Morimoto
JAPAN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW 7 (1) 2475-8876 2024/08/12
Abstract
COVID‐19 outbreaks occurred in several hospitals, and the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, local authorities, and universities carried out investigations into ventilation in hospitals. The results indicated that ventilation performance was insufficient to prevent aerosol infection due to poor air conditioning, equipment maintenance, and existing ventilation design guidelines. The authors investigated guidelines for ventilation measures for general patient wards with the cooperation of The Society of Air‐Conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan and the Japanese Society for Infection Prevention and Control. Based on a survey of COVID‐19 outbreaks in hospitals, ventilation countermeasure plans for 3 stages (a. normal conditions, b. increased risk of outbreaks, and c. infected patients treated) were compiled.