Indoor Air Quality Evaluation Using Mechanical Ventilation and Portable Air Purifiers in an Academic Dentistry Clinic during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Greece

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ID15498666
AuthorsΙoannis Tzoutzas (0000-0002-6249-7476, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Helena C Maltezou (0000-0003-0264-3547, National Public Health Organization, corresponding author), Nikolaos Barmparesos (0000-0001-9225-5753, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Panagiotis Tasios (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Chrysanthi Efthymiou (0000-0003-1544-9962, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Margarita-Niki Assimakopoulos (0000-0002-7393-1581, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Maria Tseroni (0000-0003-1463-7056, National Public Health Organization), Rengina Vorou (0000-0003-4176-8086, National Public Health Organization), Fotios Tzermpos (0000-0002-2535-6623, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Μαρία Αντωνιάδου (0000-0001-7333-3066, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Vassilios Panis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Phoebus Madianos (0000-0003-0935-5601, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
Year2021
Volume18
Issue16
Pages8886-8886
Publication date2021-08-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18168886
PMID34444634
OpenAlexW3193977990
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited13

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is mainly transmitted through droplets without overlooking other sources of transmission, rendered attention on the air quality in indoor areas and more specifically in healthcare settings. The improvement of indoor air quality (IAQ) is ensured by frequent changes of the air that must be carried out in healthcare areas and with assistance from special devices that undertake the filtration of the air and its purification through special filters and lamps. In this research, the performance of air purifiers is assessed in terms of the limitation of PM 2.5 , PM 10 , VOCs and CO 2 in a postgraduate clinic of the Dentistry School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in parallel with mechanical ventilation. Our findings indicate that the use of mechanical ventilation plays a key role on the results, retaining good IAQ levels within the clinic and that air purifiers show a positive impact on IAQ by mainly reducing the levels of PM 2.5 and secondly of TVOC

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Air purifier · Air quality index · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Environmental health · Geography · Indoor air quality · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Pandemic · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Ventilation (architecture · Waste management · COVID-19 and healthcare impacts · Dental Research and COVID-19 · Engineering · Environmental Science · Infection Control and Ventilation · Medicine · Environmental Engineering

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