title: Hygiene guideline for the planning, installation, and operation of ventilation and air-conditioning systems in health-care settings - Guideline of the German Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH).
abstract: Since the publication of the first "Hospital Hygiene Guideline for the implementation and operation of air conditioning systems (HVAC systems) in hospitals" (http://www.krankenhaushygiene.de/informationen/fachinformationen/leitlinien/12) in 2002, it was necessary due to the increase in knowledge, new regulations, improved air-conditioning systems and advanced test methods to revise the guideline. Based on the description of the basic features of ventilation concepts, its hygienic test and the usage-based requirements for ventilation, the DGKH section "Ventilation and air conditioning technology" attempts to provide answers for the major air quality issues in the planning, design and the hygienically safe operation of HVAC systems in rooms of health care.
authors.affiliation: German Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH), Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Rüdiger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Külpmann
authors.affiliation: German Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH), Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Bärbel
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Christiansen
authors.affiliation: German Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH), Berlin, Germany; Working Group Hygiene in Hospital and Practice, Association of the Scientific Medical Societies (AWMF), Germany.
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.affiliation: German Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH), Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lüderitz
authors.affiliation: German Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH), Berlin, Germany; Working Group Hygiene in Hospital and Practice, Association of the Scientific Medical Societies (AWMF), Germany.
authors.forename: Frank-Albert
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Pitten
authors.affiliation: German Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH), Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wille
authors.affiliation: German Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH), Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Klaus-Dieter
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Zastrow
authors.affiliation: German Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH), Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Friederike
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lemm
authors.affiliation: Austrian Society of Hygiene, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine (ÖGHMP), Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sommer
authors.affiliation: Austrian Society of Hygiene, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine (ÖGHMP), Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Milo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Halabi