Research on Airflow Optimization and Infection Risk Assessment of Medical Cabin of Negative-Pressure Ambulance

Shuwen Zhou and Liwei Zhang
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Shuwen Zhou: School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
Liwei Zhang: School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 9, 1-20

Abstract: Medical cabins within negative-pressure ambulances currently only use the front air supply, which causes poor emission of infectious disease droplets. For this problem, based on the classification and design methods of airflow organization, the side and top supply airflow organization model has been designed to study the influence of these airflow organization models on the spread of droplet particles. The distribution of droplet particles within airflow organization models, under conditions in which the patient is coughing and sneezing, is analyzed. According to the comparison and analysis of this distribution, the state of droplet particles, the emission efficiency, and the security coefficient are studied. The response surface method is used to optimize the emission efficiency and security coefficient of the airflow organization. According to the characteristics of the medical cabin within negative-pressure ambulances, a dose-response model is used to evaluate the infection risk of medical personnel and then the infection probability is obtained. These research results can be used to improve the ability of negative-pressure ambulances to prevent cross-infection.

Keywords: negative-pressure ambulance; movement and diffusion of droplet particles; airflow organization; response surface analysis; infection risk assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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