Studies by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that 5% to 10% of patients in acute care facilities contract infections there—a figure that’s been on the rise for the last 30 years.
To combat airborne infections, an HVAC engineering company now is working with a tech company to offer remote computing power to run computational fluid dynamics models. The system aims to reduce the chance that patients will contract what are known as hospital-acquired infections by making it easier for designers to ensure critical care facilities are safer places to be.