Hospital Room Pressure Monitor
Most hospitals contain rooms which require constant environmental monitoring and control. These environmental measurements include temperature monitoring, relative humidity status, particulate counts and room pressure. Maintaining a safe and controlled hospital room means keeping staff and patients safe from cross contamination or unnecessary exposure to pharmaceuticals.
When hospitals monitor differential room pressure, or monitor pressure in “negative pressure isolation rooms” they are actually measuring the difference in pressure between two areas. If a room maintains positive pressure, it prevents contaminants like dust or biological particulates from entering when the room is open or exposed to outside air. If a negative pressure is maintained in a hospital room, the goal is to prevent particulates from exiting the room. This prevents any biological particles, pharmaceutical products or blood-borne pathogens from escaping.
In the past, these rooms relied on analog gauges and human interaction to ensure safe standards were maintained. If someone forgot to read the dial before/after entering, it left the room, the hospital and the patient in a potentially harmful situation. Even if hospital staff remembered to read the the analog room pressure gauge, there is always the possibility that the gauge was read wrong; again leaving a possible breech in safety.
In addition to accounting for human error, most analog gauges do not provide a means for alerting staff in the instance of sudden room environmental condition changes. It is well documented and reported that even the simplest of controlled air/HVAC system malfunctions can almost immediately alter room environment conditions like a drop/rise in room pressure, temperature and relative humidity. Ideally, a system that alerted staff via text, email and automated phone would provide sufficient and preemptive warning. These notifications would of course be in addition to an audible room-based alarm and strobe light.
Fortunately, there are products that can be used which provide these advanced alerts. They are installed and set up easily, and can even be added to almost any hospital room post-construction. In fact, most digital-based hospital room pressure monitors can be installed, configured and in use within an hour.
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