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December 2016

Hospital Air Filter News – How Hospital Design and Construction Can Help Improve Poor Hospital Air Quality

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Proper design and safeguards can help mitigate the effects of bad hospital air quality that can lead to serious health issues says Camfil Air Filters

Outdoor air pollution is a serious threat, especially in health care facilities that are supposed to be sterile and clean, so health-compromised building occupants are not jeopardized though serious infections or breathing related illnesses.

In fact, infections in hospitals have become a big problem throughout the U.S.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are more than 600,000 people in the U.S. each year who develop infections in hospitals, and 75,000 of them will die.

That means that an astounding 12 percent of the people who develop infections during hospital stays will die, which is too high a number for facilities that are intended to save people’s lives.

And while bacteria that originate in I..

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