Assessment of indoor air quality parameters at Ambulatory Care Centre XYZ, Malaysia

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) problems are very important and necessary to consider in hospital and health care facilities such as in AMBULATORY CARE CENTRE XYZ (ACCXYZ), Malaysia. Majority complaints made by the hospital staff at level 1, state that they felt uncomfortable and suffering coldness due to...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science 2019-11, Vol.373 (1), p.12013
Main Authors: Aini Mohd Sari, Kamarul, Farhah Almar Mastaza, Khaleda, Ashraf Abdul Rahman, Muhammad, Saji, Nurdalila, Muslim, Rahmat, Syafiq Syazwan Mustafa, Mohd, Yean Ghing, Tong
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Language:English
Subjects:
Air conditioning
Air quality
Air temperature
Ambulatory care
Carbon dioxide
Emergency medical services
Formaldehyde
Health care facilities
HVAC
HVAC equipment
Indoor air pollution
Indoor air quality
Indoor environments
Low temperature
Parameters
Relative humidity
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Summary:Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) problems are very important and necessary to consider in hospital and health care facilities such as in AMBULATORY CARE CENTRE XYZ (ACCXYZ), Malaysia. Majority complaints made by the hospital staff at level 1, state that they felt uncomfortable and suffering coldness due to very low temperature of centralizing air-conditioning especially during non-peak hours. Therefore, five parameters pointed to be measured based on the complaints from staff due to IAQ problems especially from Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. By using 4 in 1 Meter Kit, three environmental parameters recorded such as air temperature (t), relative humidity (RH) and air velocity (AV) and the average result are 22.5°C, 57.7% and 0.02 m/s, respectively. Meanwhile, two chemical parameters recorded are carbon dioxide (CO2) with 875ppm and formaldehyde (CH2O) is 0.11ppm were measured using IAQ Calc model 7545 and Formaldehyde Meter Z-300 devices value within the standard. Thus, the result shows that the HVAC system affects the IAQ parameters in ACCXYZ building through a major impact on the temperature due to patient and staff environment and also to the operation of the sensitive machine in the building.
ISSN:1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/373/1/012013