FprCEN/TR 16244

Ventilation for hospitals

Scope

This Technical Report applies to health service buildings and rooms used for medical examinations, treatments and interventions to be carried out on people as well as to rooms directly connected to those rooms by doors, corridors/hallways, etc.
It establishes rules for planning, construction, qualification, and operation of ventilation and air-conditioning (VAC) systems and components intended to be used in:
- hospitals buildings;
- day hospitals;
- physician’s practices with intervention rooms;
- outpatient surgery centres / facilities / ambulatories;
- dialysis centres;
- convalescent homes, rehabilitation facilities, sanatoria;
- long-term care facilities, senior retirement and nursing homes;
- facilities for internal and external (service) units for the processing of medical devices / sterilization areas.
In addition to that, air hygienically relevant guidance is given regarding building services / heating installations.