A study on Indoor Air Quality in Major Hospitals in Sultanate of Oman

Naser Hamood Hamed Al Haddabi, Mai Mubarak Al Saadi, Muthukumar Ramaswamy, AbdulMuttalib Ghulam Al Bulushi and Saeed Hamood Hamed Al Nuumani

Abstract

Indoor air quality (IAQ) is one of major critical issues in hospitals and medical facilities, as patients have less immunity. IAQ as specialized area is emerging throughout world, worldwide researchers are working on this subject. This study examines the compliance of critical hospital ventilation systems (in operating theatre and Airborne Infection Isolation (AII) room) in five major government hospitals in the Sultanate of Oman with the local and international standards. The compliance of the IAQ standards is one element of airborne infection control. The findings and recommendations of this study will be useful to the policy makers of health care industries to update the existing policies on critical ventilation systems.