Course description
Specialised Ventilation in Healthcare Premises
On this course you’ll examine the specific requirements for the provision of ventilation in healthcare premises and will discover the thinking behind current standards.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Who should attend?
Anyone with an interest in the provision of ventilation for the healthcare sector will find this course of benefit, as it will inform you of your clients’ specific needs.
This course will take a holistic look at the need for ventilation in healthcare premises and how it can best be provided. It will, therefore, be of particular interest to you if you’re:
- infection control personnel or team leader
- an estates and facilities manager or other healthcare professional involved with the provision, performance or operation of specialised ventilation systems
- wishing to become Authorising Engineers (Ventilation) AE(V) / Authorised Persons (Ventilation - AP(V)
- an operating department manager
- a capital project manager
- a consulting engineer
- a trust risk assessment manager
- a project management group
- an equipment manufacturer
- a test and validation specialist.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
How will I benefit?
You’ll gain an excellent overview of specialised ventilation in healthcare within the evolving evidence base taught by national experts.
Training Course Content
Day one
- Healthcare ventilation – key issues
- Airborne infection – some history and concepts
- Specialised ventilation concepts
- Anaesthesia v Sedation – Applications, benefits and hazards
- HTM 03-01-2021; Part A; Design – the ventilation of an operating department –the revised standard
- Workshop – operating theatres
- Fluid mechanics and microbiology in Ultra Clean Air operating theatres
Day two
- Air filtration – current standards
- Air handling units – minimum standards and new developments
- Zero Carbon agenda and Energy standards
- Chillers
- Minimally invasive procedures and minor operations
- Workshop – equipment circus
- Where’s my air?
Day three
- Fire strategy and air distribution systems
- Local exhaust ventilation
- HTM 03-01-2021; Part B; Operational management – Revised standard and annual verification and minimum standards
- Installation standards. Commissioning and Validation
- The Ventilation Safety Group/Audit reports – AE(V) and AP(V) roles
- Workshop – Ventilation Safety Group
- Clean rooms in pharmacy and sterile services departments
Day four
- Isolation Facilities – Concepts, research and application. The revised HBN 4; Supplement 1
- Multi-choice question review of course content
- Exeter response to COVID/Exeter Nightingale – challenges and lessons learned
- Hot topics and course summary