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Item Information   Holdings       More by this author     Eggebrecht, Rachel L.     Subjects     Airborne infection -- Prevention.     Health Facility Environment     Nosocomial infections     Air -- Purification     MSE Project.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Eggebrecht, Rachel L.       by title:      Infection control en...         MARC Display

Infection control enclosure for use in construction and maintenance activities in hospitals and healthcare facilities / Rachel L. Eggebrecht. by Eggebrecht, Rachel L. Subjects Airborne infection -- Prevention.   Health Facility Environment   Nosocomial infections   Air -- Purification   MSE Project. Description:  100 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Contents:  Thesis advisor(s): Dr. Deborah Jackman. Committee members: Lisa Zidek, Dr. Jay Karls. Introduction -- Review of literature -- Methodology - materials and methods used -- Results and discussion -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendix A- Infection control risk assessment (ICRA) B- Surveys A through J. Infection control enclosures are used in hospitals and healthcare facilities to enable construction and maintenance workers to access the area above the ceiling grid while allowing no dust or airborne particles to escape into the healthcare environment, where patients with immunocompromised systems are present. The purpose of this project was to improve upon the present infection control enclosure concept in the areas of ease of use and human factors, including the safety of the individual utilizing the enclosure, while also keeping an effective negative pressure between the unit and the surrounding space with the use of a HEPA (high efficiency particulate air) filtration unit. One main goal in improving on the human factors of this project included designing a system that no longer required the user to utilize a ladder within the enclosure. This involved evaluating different design options for wall types, connection of enclosure walls to the ceiling grid, mobility of the enclosure, and easy HEPA filtration unit access. Upon completing the building of a prototype of the new enclosure, ease of use tests and surveys were administered to ten individuals for rating purposes, as well as determination of further improvements. Overall, of the sixteen line items ranked between one and ten, the mean value of fourteen of them ranged between 9.0 and 10.0. The remaining two items ranked at 8.9. These values indicated that definite improvements had been made in the areas of ease of use, safety, and the use of the HEPA filtration unit in the new infection control enclosure.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Walter Schroeder Library Master's Theses AC805 .E352 2006 Available Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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