EMERGENCY FACILITIES
installed, providing continuity of circulation to medical staff in a technical area.
In reference to construction and building sustainability of shipping container medical units, it should be noted that - as they do not generate waste during the construction process - the system gives great environmental advantages.
It is also important to highlight that this is a solution to face extreme situations such as a pandemic, and in order to provide a secure entrance for patients, each bed-unit has a ultraviolet germicidal system near the door in order to bathe the bed when entering. Heating, ventilation and air-
conditioning are known to have a pivotal role in determining infection rates in a hospital’s intensive care unit. Maintaining safe indoor air quality is therefore an important strategy in preventing hospital- acquired infections, and filtering (removing dust particles and biological contaminants like viruses and bacteria) is also needed. To achieve this requirement, each bed- unit is equipped with an air-conditioning system with HEPA filter installed in the ceiling, and that allows to switch between positive or negative pressure. Rethinking healthcare facilities implies
Intensive care unit prototype in a 40-feet shipping container - simple unit.
Intensive care unit prototype in a 40-feet shipping container - double unit.
the challenge of integrating new modalities of attention and new technologies in a flexible and safe way, including the possibility of developing
online ways to deliver healthcare or services. Shipping containers is an economic alternative to give responses to a crisis such as COVID-19.
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