Ventilation strategies and design impacts on indoor airborne transmission: A review.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 outbreak has brought the indoor airborne transmission issue to the forefront. Although ventilation systems provide clean air and dilute indoor contaminated air, there is strong evidence that airborne transmission is the main route for contamination spread. This review paper aims to critically investigate ventilation impacts on particle spread and identify efficient ventilation strategies in controlling aerosol distribution in clinical and non-clinical environments. This article also examines influential ventilation design features (i.e., exhaust location) affecting ventilation performance in preventing aerosols spread. This paper shortlisted published documents for a review based on identification (keywords), pre-processing, screening, and eligibility of these articles. The li

SUBMITTER: Izadyar N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9075988 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature