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Hello Everyone,
I am an IC Coordinator working in a rural hospital in NSW.
We have split system air conditioners in all our patient rooms, including single rooms.
Currently , the cleaning of these air conditioners is done 2nd monthly by an outside contractor.
As these air conditioners are part of single rooms used for droplet precautions, sometimes airborne ( nebulised antibiotics), should the cleaning be increased to monthly? Cleaned after each patient is discharged who has been on precautions?
Can you please advise and assist?
Many thanks
Kris
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Hello Kris
The AIRAH maintenance standard, DA19, advices that monthly maintenance
should be carried out on domestic type split systems and the filters
cleaned or replaced every 6 months. These types of filters are really not
filters as such but a mesh to catch large dust particles.I’m no IC expert, but droplet (>5microns) travel distance is around 1m or
so, I think, so could potentially contaminate the evaporator surface, but
unless someone touches it, there’s unlikely to be any transmission to the
person. So, monthly cleaning would be good but maybe slightly over cautious.But as these types of split system have no provision for fresh air, any air
borne bacteria can be recirculated within the room for some time.Cheers
Lalith Ramachandra
LR Consulting Engineers (Mechanical Services)
for Top End Health Services
PO Box 40968
Casuarina, NT
p 0401117423
e lalith.ramachandra@gmail.com* To Spot the Expert, Pick the One Who Predicts the Job Will Take the
Longest and Cost the Most!*On Tue, 1 Oct 2019 at 09:40, Kristine Ellen-Stewart (Hunter New England
LHD) wrote:> Hello Everyone,
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> I am an IC Coordinator working in a rural hospital in NSW.
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> We have split system air conditioners in all our patient rooms, including
> single rooms.
>
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> Currently , the cleaning of these air conditioners is done 2nd monthly by
> an outside contractor.
>
>
>
> As these air conditioners are part of single rooms used for droplet
> precautions, sometimes airborne ( nebulised antibiotics), should the
> cleaning be increased to monthly? Cleaned after each patient is discharged
> who has been on precautions?
>
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> Can you please advise and assist?
>
>
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> Many thanks
>
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>
> Kris
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