Hospitals: Coronavirus

(asked on 22nd February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what actions they took to improve (1) the efficacy, and (2) the capacity, of hospital ventilation systems following the publication of the report by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch COVID-19 transmission in hospitals: management of the risk – a prospective safety investigation in October 2020.


Answered by
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Lord Bethell
This question was answered on 23rd March 2021

The current National Health Service infection prevention control principles recommend healthcare settings undertake a series of interventions to reduce the risk of transmission of infection, including on cleaning and decontamination of the environment and shared equipment and on ventilation.

In addition, the Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) 03-01: Specialised ventilation for healthcare premises is currently being updated and is going through final draft review and approval processes as is normal for all technical guidance. HTMs give comprehensive advice and guidance on the design, installation and operation of specialised building and engineering technology used in the delivery of healthcare.

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