Negative and Positive Pressure Rooms 101 | 合法醫療器材資訊網

Positivepressureroomsmaintainahigherpressureinsidethetreatedareathanthatofthesurroundingenvironment.Thismeansaircanleavetheroomwithout ...

Effective positive and negative pressure rooms are an important part of industrial climate control systems. In medical settings[1], these rooms prevent the spread of infectious contaminants and maintain sterile[2] or restricted spaces and are also referred to as Protective Environments (positive pressure rooms) and Airborne Infection Isolation Rooms (AIIR) (negative pressure rooms). Negative or positive pressure rooms are a necessary part of a wide range of medical and research environments, as they help maintain clean conditions in the smallest clinic to the largest hospital.

Positive pressure rooms maintain a higher pressure inside the treated area than that of the surrounding environment. This means air can leave the room without circulating back in. In this way, any airborne particle that originates in the room will be f...