Patients in medical facilities not only introduce pathogens to those spaces, they also ingest pathogens – from fellow patients as well as doctors, nurses, and other professionals who visit multiple patients and areas throughout the day.

In addition, the circulation of air within the facilities themselves, if not properly monitored and controlled, can often enable rather than restrict the spread of disease.

It is critically important, therefore, to be able to continuously monitor the air quality inside each and every space within a medical facility, to understand the flow of air among spaces both interior and exterior, implement the right air change rates, and to be able to react quickly to the detection of any pathogens with the appropriate changes to ventilation control systems.

Only by monitoring and analyzing indoor air quality in real time, deriving insights quickly, and acting on those insights with the correct remediations, can health care facilities ensure highest indoor air quality standards and improve the safety and wellbeing of both healthcare providers and patients alike.