AIR FLOW IN FAIRBANKS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. TECHNICAL NOTE

The sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) tracer method of air flow determination was used to investigate the air flow characteristics of a particular room in the Intensive Care Unit of Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. Earlier in the year, a tuberculosis patient had been treated in that room, and a number of Intensive Care nurses later contracted an arrested form of tubrculosis.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.dot.state.ak.us/stwddes/research/assets/pdf/ak_rd_83_33.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities

  2301 Peger Road
  Fairbanks, AK  United States  99701
• Authors:
  • Kailing, S H
• Publication Date: 1983-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 12 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air; Building; Flow; Frigid regions; Ventilation systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Air flow
• Geographic Terms: Alaska
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00488165
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
• Report/Paper Numbers: AK-RD-83-33
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 30 1989 12:00AM