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Case study :
Study of the risk of COVID-19
infection in a retirement home

Building

  • Retirement home
  • East wing of the building
  • Bedroom : 18,2m2
  • Bathroom: 4,4m2
  • Corridor adjoining bedroom : 47,2m2

Ventilation system

  • Double flow AHU
  • Air renewal set at 3 ACPH

Objectives

Confirm that the EHPAD ventilation system will ensure that acceptable SARS-COV-2 concentration thresholds are maintained in the east wing, the future department dedicated to residents affected by COVID-19.

EHPAD COVID

Infection risk over a week
Three studied scenarios

Scenario 1 :

Air renewal by AHU :

3,0 ACPH

Scenario 2 :

Air renewal by AHU :

3,0 ACPH

+ Purifier with 455m3/h nominal flow rate

Scenario 3 :

Air renewal by AHU:

6,0 ACPH

Results

This study quantified the impact of two preventive measures on the risk of COVID-19 infection : the installation of an ai purifier in the infected resident’s bedroom and incrasing the air renewal rate to 6 ACPH.

ventilation

In the case of a room adjacent to the patient’s bedroom :
– The air purifier in the patient’s room reduces infectious risk by 66% (scenario 2).
– Increasing air renewal in the patient’s room reduces infectious risk by 55% (scenario 3).

In the corridor : 
– The air purifier in the patient’s room reduces infectious risk by 67% (scenario 2).
– At a 6 vol/h air renewal rate (scenario 3), the infectious risk is reduced by just 33%

Our recommandations
and conclusions

1

The most effective measure to limit the propagation of the virus in other areas seems to be the use of a purifier in the patient’s room.

2

COVID-19 infected patients’ rooms should be located primarily to the southwest wing in order to limit particulate matters transportation.

3

Balancing blow and return flows is essential to limite virus spreading risk in bedrooms and corridors.

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