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Mechanical Ventilation Boot Camp Curriculum
Published on: March 12, 2018
Abstract:
The HSE's ACOP (Approved Code of Practice) L8 and supporting HSG274 Parts 1-3 Guidance set the minimum standards by which everyone should work to manage the risks from waterborne microbiological pathogens. The NHS also has further supporting guidance on the subject in the form of HTM core standards 00, 04-01 (three parts), and HTM 03-01 (two parts). However, argues Andrew Poplett IEng, MIHEEM, ACIBSE, an experienced engineer with over 28 years' healthcare building services engineering experience--18 in the NHS--'even with all of this available guidance, some elements of healthcare building services engineering are all too often overlooked'. Here, 'to stimulate discussion and raise awareness of the issues', he sets out some of the key points to consider.
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