Makeshift hospitals for COVID-19 patients: where health-care workers and patients need sufficient ventilation for more protection

C Chen¹, B Zhao²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Building Science, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
² Department of Building Science, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Indoor Air Quality Evaluation and Control, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. Electronic address: binzhao@tsinghua.edu.cn.

C Chen et al. J Hosp Infect. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;105(1):98-99.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.03.008. Epub 2020 Mar 10.

C Chen¹, B Zhao²

¹ Department of Building Science, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
² Department of Building Science, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Indoor Air Quality Evaluation and Control, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. Electronic address: binzhao@tsinghua.edu.cn.

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