Indoor Air Quality for Healthcare Facilities

New Ventilation Design Requirements for Health Care Facilities Available from ASHRAE

ASHRAE Sept. 2008

Special Requirements for Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems in Health Care Facilities

Canadian Standards Association (CSA) html

Indoor Air Quality and Thermal Comfort in Open-Plan Offices

National Research Council of Canada (October 2005)

Indoor Air Pollution: An Introduction for Health Professionals

Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.A.) html

Office Air: A Worker's Guide to Air Quality in Offices, Schools, and Hospitals

Health Canada

Indoor Air Quality: A Guide for Building Owners, Managers, and Occupants

Work Safe B.C. / Worker's Compensation Board of British Columbia (PDF file)

Health Canada Air Quality Information Links

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/pubs/air/index_e.html

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers

http://www.ashrae.org/

AIHA Accredited Laboratory Listings

http://www.aiha.org/Content/LQAP/accred/AccreditedLabs.htm

Managing Indoor Air Quality for an Acceptable Standard of Care

Professor Tang G. Lee, The University of Calgary (html)

Ventilation Systems and Prevention of Respiratory Illness: Requirements for Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning in Health Care Facilities

Dr. Leon Genesove, Provincial Physician Ontario Ministry of Labour (PDF file)

Occupational Safety & Health Administration (U.S.A.) - Indoor Air Quality Investigation

http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/otm_iii/otm_iii_2.html

Indoor Air Quality Problems in Healthcare Facilities

Inspired Living (commercial link)

Indoor Air Facts No. 4 (revised) Sick Building Syndrome

U.S. - EPA

International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ)

http://www.isiaq.org/

Is Air Quality a Problem in My Home?

American Industrial Hygiene Association

Guidelines For Selecting An Indoor Air Quality Consultant

American Industrial Hygiene Association

Indoor Air Quality and Thermal Comfort in Open-Plan Offices

National Research Council of Canada - October 2005

National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)

U.S. EPA

Indoor Air - International Journal of Indoor Environment and Health

http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0905-6947

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

The Merck Manuals Online Medical Library

NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Indoor Environmental Quality

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/indoorenv/

ACR Standard, 2006 edition: Assessment, Cleaning & Restoration of HVAC Systems

National Air Duct Cleaners Association

Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) Report - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

NIOSH (PDF file)

NIOSH - Occupational Exposure Sampling Strategy Manual

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/77-173/

Sampling Guide for Air Contaminants in the Workplace

IRSST Quebec (PDF file)

Association of Ventilation Rates and CO2 Concentrations with Health and Other Responses in Commercial and Institutional Buildings

O. A. Seppänen, W. J. Fisk, M. J. Mendell - Helsinki University of Technology

Thermal Comfort for Office Work

CCOHS


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