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          • negative-pressure room
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          • Rooms specifically designed for patients with contagious diseases that contain any circulating air in the room and prevent it from being released into any other part of the hospital. Kaiser Family Foundation
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          • Engineers have made rapid improvements to Wellington Hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) - converting a new six-bed extension into a large negative pressure room and building two new air locks in just a few days. Such work could normally take months from planning to completion. - NZ Herald by
          • Sheriff Javier Salazar has confirmed one inmate at the Bexar County jail will be tested for COVID-19. According to Salazar, the inmate has some signs of the flu and will be tested soon. In the meantime, he has been put in one of the four negative-pressure rooms at the jail. - NEWS4SASA by
          • "But what about when you have dozens that coming in over the day? And it's not just the COVID-19 patients. It's the flu patients, it's the coughs and the cold symptoms that we're seeing every single day multiple times a day," Miller said. "When you first see them, what are you going to do with them? You can't put them all into that negative pressure room that the ER has." - FierceHealthCare by
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          • podtlaková jednotka
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          • Je to miestnosť s kapacitou maximálne štyroch lôžok, s prístrojmi zodpovedajúcimi jednotke intenzívnej starostlivosti. Má dva vchody – vonkajší „špinavý vchod“ pre pacientov a vnútorný pre personál. V miestnosti je negatívny tlak, ktorý zabraňuje šíreniu nákazy ďalej do ovzdušia. Vzduch prúdi do miestnosti a z nej cez filtre. pravda.sk - by Katarina Mihalova
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          • Podtlaková jednotka SARS je totiž určená na liečbu ťažkých infekčných a vysoko nákazlivých chorôb, napríklad eboly. - lekari.sk by Katarina Mihalova
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          • dhomë me presion negativ
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          • Një dhomë me presion negativ në një spital përdoret për të përmbajtur ndotësit e ajrit brenda dhomës. Ajo është një mënyrë izolimi që përdoret në spitale dhe qendra mjekësore për të parandaluar ndotjen e tërthortë nga dhoma në dhomë. Own research - by Klementina Shahini
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