These guidelines outline the precautions that infection control personnel should take to mitigate the spread of infection within facilities and protect the health care worker. The guidelines for isolation precautions for hospitals and health care facilities are outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2004) and American Institute of Architechts (2001). Given that a major component of the spread of SARS occurs via aerosolized droplets, the systems described for clearing the air may be applicable to the containment of this new viral pathogen in hospitals and health care systems.
FailSafe has not used these devices directly in an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and thus actual clinical experience will not be reported here. The specific objective of this overview is to focus on the use of FailSafe Mobile Containment Systems for isolation precautions in a medical environment. The integrated technologies incorporated into the FailSafe Mobile Containment Systems have a wide range of applications, including homeland security, bioterrorism, disaster management, airborne infection control, sick-building syndrome, and facility environmental service applications.
