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elaborated a pilot project in 27 residential care centres to see whether or not it was feasible for them to do the CO2 measurements themselves,” says Ann Beusen. “Through this, not only did we learn that the measurements were feasible, but also that they were considered as being useful. In addition, people working in the residential care centres that were involved, became more aware of the importance of a good ventilation policy.” After the measurement week, the
residential care centres have to enter the results into a data platform and in a next phase, 250 residential care centres that did not do so well will be invited to a free ventilation audit. Sara Benoy: “With regards to the ventilation facilities of a residential care centre, the intention is to have a professional screening done by an independent auditing office. The residential care centre will then receive a couple of customised recommendations with regards to ventilation.” “The next steps concerning the quality
framework have to do both with the elaboration of a customised ventilation plan, tailored to the residential care centre, and a subsequent follow-up of the indoor air quality. The working group will also contribute to the concrete implementation of these steps,” according to Ann Beusen.
Colleagues had the opportunity to share their experiences on our forum which then lead to valuable input for the working group.” “We had a double role,” emphasises
Double role
ZORG.tech is also involved in the ventilation plan. But how exactly did they contribute? “Through our newsletter and our forum, my colleague Ann and I have always distributed the information to all members,” says Roger Albertijn. “A lot of questions had to do with what exactly is a good CO2
people had with these meters, etc.
Ann Vandycke. “On the one hand we provided information to our members and on the other hand, the contact with the professionals was important to get to an acceptable and practical screening tool. All of this was done in order to limit the inconvenience for the professionals and to encourage residential care centres to participate in the audit. Moreover, it is not always easy for policy makers to know what is feasible, or to know what are the common procedures, etc.” “The aim is to involve
ZORG.tech in particular with regards to the rolling out of the quality manual, because, through practical applications and their experiences through their daily work, they are able to give feedback with regards to both the operational part and the conceptual part,” concludes Ann Beusen. “On the one hand, there is the regulation and on the other hand there are both the practical experiences and the useful recommendations which we would like to share.”
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l Karolien Selhorst is a freelance journalist from Belgium.
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