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Atkinson J, Chartier Y, Pessoa-Silva CL, et al., editors. Natural Ventilation for Infection Control in Health-Care Settings. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2009.

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Natural Ventilation for Infection Control in Health-Care Settings.

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Part 1Infection control and ventilation

The purpose of Part 1 is to establish the recommendations for natural ventilation in the context of infection control. Chapter 1 explains the general principles of infection control as related to ventilation. Chapter 2 describes the basic concept of ventilation, as well as justifications for the use of natural ventilation for infection control. Chapter 3 discusses the association between ventilation and airborne infection, and gives the rationales and the World Health Organization consensus on the minimum requirements of natural ventilation design for infection control.

1. General principles of infection control

2. Concepts and types of ventilation

3. Infection and ventilation

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