Hospitals that do not maintain an effective air filtration strategy may find that airborne contaminants become a health issue, according to an article on the Yahoo Finance website.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that in many areas, indoor air quality is 10 times worse than the quality of outdoor air, the article said.
Vehicle exhaust and diesel fuel from generators are two of the biggest sources of indoor contaminants from outdoor pollution.
Hospitals with poor ventilation systems are at a higher risk of incubating illnesses caused by airborne contaminants.
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