EBOLA IS IN AMERICA

[Carsman]

I was given an HVAC problem that the hospital in the big city near me had. They are the only hospital in N.H. that has an Ebola protocol in place. What they did was create an isolated room where the fresh air coming in was recirculated into an independent duct system that expelled the air out the roof creating a separate system for the isolation rooms. This keeps the air out of the main system, so any airborne virus will not infiltrate the entire hospital.
The guys at work did the layout of the system last month so I really had no idea until today. The hospital in the Capitol of my state has a different problem the building is old and its a little tougher to separate a room or two without a big hassle, after looking at the existing system I suggested a Unico system that uses 2.5" tubes that are easy to put in and are easy to adapt to the surrounding systems already in place. I looked at the print of the existing building they want to convert the rooms in and they are off towards the far end of the hospital, they also wanted to know how much it would cost to have a quick way to bypass exhausting the air out into the atmosphere to the incinerator room.
All the time I was looking at the print the only thing that my mind kept going back to was how everyone was saying this thing is not an airborne virus. I think they are not sure and worried that at some point it may mutate into something akin to the bird flu that is an airborne type virus. I sure hope these people know what they're doing. But if its not airborne why do they want isolated spaces with their own controlled environment? Maybe its just a precaution.

That's called "planning ahead"! Good for them!