Preventing Airborne Disease Transmission: Review of Methods for Ventilation Design in Health Care Facilities

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"> Pathogen type</td><td align="left"> Temperature</td><td align="left"> Relative humidity</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Viruses</td><td align="left"> Decrease by higher temperature</td><td align="left"> Variable</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Bacteria</td><td align="left"> Decrease by higher temperature</td><td align="left"> Variable</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Fungi</td><td align="left"> Increase by higher temperature</td><td align="left"> Increase by higher relative humidity</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Summary of the effect of temperature and relative humidity on airborne pathogen viability and infectivity.

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Table 5: Preventing Airborne Disease Transmission: Review of Methods for Ventilation Design in Health Care Facilities 