Indoor Air Quality and Infectious Aerosols in Health Care Facilities

Indoor Air Quality Clinical Trial

Official title:

Indoor Air Quality and Infectious Aerosols in Health Care Facilities

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01275326
• Other study ID #: 99060
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 10, 2011
• Last updated: January 21, 2011
• Start date: April 2010
• Est. completion date: December 2010

Study information

• Verified date: January 2011
• Source: Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Taiwan: Department of Health
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Outbreaks of emerging and re-remerging infectious diseases are frequently reported internationally in recent years, mainly due to global climate change, close human-livestock contact in developing countries, and globalization. Thus prevention, monitoring and control of infectious diseases are in urgent need to protect public health. High exposure risk to various infectious agents in health care facilities is of special concern, especially to airborne and droplet-borne respiratory diseases. To protect the health of public and health care workers the investigators will conduct a study to monitor indoor air quality and essential infectious aerosols in hospital(s).

A questionnaire survey will be used to evaluate the relationships between employees' health and measured indoor environmental factors. The investigators will also examine whether the current indoor air quality recommendation of their country can reasonably reduce the risk of hospital infection. In addition, simple infectious aerosol indices will be established for future environmental management and monitoring in health care facilities.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 120
• Est. completion date: December 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 20 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• people who work in Health Care Facilities

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Only

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Communicable Diseases
• Indoor Air Quality
• Infection
• Infectious Aerosols

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Taipei Medical University	Taipei

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan,