What are Negative Pressure Rooms? | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2021年2月18日—Negativepressurerooms,alsocalledisolationrooms,areatypeofhospitalroomthatkeepspatientswithinfectiousillnesses,orpatientswho ...

Negative pressure rooms, also called isolation rooms, are a type of hospital room that keeps patients with infectious illnesses, or patients who are susceptible to infections from others, away from other patients, visitors, and healthcare staff.

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They are a common method of infection control and are used to isolate patients with contagious, airborne diseases such as measles, tuberculosis, SARS, MERS, and COVID-19.

They are called negative pressure rooms because the air pressure inside the room is lower than the air pressure outside the room. This means that when the door is opened, potentially contaminated air or other dangerous particles from inside the room will not flow outside into non-contaminated areas.

Instead, non-contaminate...