Hospital Isolation Rooms (COVID-19)

The modular hospital is now up and running since February 2021.

Mecart is a long-standing and trusted Canadian manufacturer of modular/prefab clean environments. With our modular isolation units, we can respond with urgency to the pressing need for hospital quarantine rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hospital negative air pressure rooms are required for quarantined patients with coronavirus. The isolation room prevent droplets (from sneezing, coughing or exhalation) and contact transmission of infectious agents. Following the COVID-19 outbreak, the need for viral-disease containment spaces in hospitals and healthcare facilities is real.

To prevent the spread of airborne infectious agents, health care facilities have designed airborne infection isolation rooms (AIIR Rooms) with negative-pressure differential. It generally also include a protective environment (PE) rooms with positive-pressure differential.

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Negative Pressure Room Key Features and Options

Turnkey fully pre-assembled isolation room.
Minimal assembly work required on site.
Utilities prewired within the wall.
Alarm to be activated on loss differential pressure
Self-closing and interlock doors
Ensuite with shower, hands-free wash station and toilet
Clinical hand wash station with hands-free operation
100% intake of fresh air (no recirculating air)
HEPA filtered exhaust air
Supply air ducts independent from the building air supply
HEPA filtration system to protect immunodeficient patients

Easily cleanable

Our smooth modular walls, doors and windows are resistant to repeat cleaning and the use of several chemicals. They also specifically designed for sterile environments.

We can respond rapidly to the pressing need for hospital isolation quarantine rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hospital Isolation Rooms Design

Negative pressure

Negative pressure quarantine rooms prevent air from the anteroom, ensuite bathroom or patient space to escape into the corridor. Negative pressure is achieved by exhausting (removing) a greater quantity of air than that of the supplied air. A dedicated exhaust system is necessary for the negative pressure isolation room.

A pressure gauge and alarm system are necessary to advise when pressurization has not been achieved. Mecart’s wall and ceiling junctions are well-sealed therefore there is no leakage possible into or out of the room.

In the case of pathogens (such as measles, chickenpox, legionella, tuberculosis), quarantined patients require airborne droplet nuclei isolation. Negative pressure reduces the risk of infection via airborne transmission to other persons. These patient rooms are also called “airborne infection isolation” rooms or “infectious isolation facilities.”

Mecart has a great deal of experience in designing and building hazardous negative pressurized environments. These environments are frequently used in hazardous drug compounding facilities.

Anteroom

(also referred to as “airlock room” or “decontamination room”)

Depending on the pathogens, isolation rooms may or may not require an anteroom. It is, however, important to be determined early on in the isolation ward design process. Sometimes both doors must not be open at the same time and require an interlocking system. Anteroom might or might not require to be sized to fit the bed within the room, without opening the interlocking doors.

The airlock room in hospital serves as a controlled area for the transfer of supplies, equipment and persons. It is also a barrier against the potential loss of pressurization. It is also where people can gown properly prior to entering or exiting the isolated contaminated area.

Airflow and HEPA filters

Just like cleanrooms, isolation rooms require a higher rate of air exchange per hour. This typically mean a minimum of 12 air changes per hour. An increased airflow is necessary to prevent transmission of infectious particles.

For highly infectious patients with pathogens such as hemorrhagic fever and pneumonic plague,100% fresh air intake is necessary. No air recirculating is possible.

Positive-pressurized protective environment

HEPA filtered air is generally used for positive pressurized rooms to isolate immunocompromised patients. For example in oncology and some transplant patients, it reduce the risk of airborne transmission of infection to the patient. These types of isolation rooms are known as protective isolation units or protective environment (PE).

Mecart’s expertise in cleanroom design and manufacturing makes us the right partner for rapid hospital isolation room fabrication.

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Why Mecart ?

Mecart is a long-standing and trusted Canadian manufacturer of modular/prefab clean environments. We are can respond rapidly to the pressing need for hospital quarantine isolation rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Short lead time (4 weeks)

MECART can answer the urgent need for isolation rooms for the COVID-19 pandemic. With our high capacity plant and high-efficiency production line, we can manufacture modular rooms for health care in 4 weeks. Our unique Cam Lock system and factory engineered and prefabricated panels make our modular installation among the fastest in the industry. We can also prefabricate the pod-like facilities in our plant.

Turnkey Fully Pre-Assembled PODS

Plug and play
Simply plug electrical and mechanical utilities
Produced in a safe, efficient and controlled environment
Pre-clean: ready to use

Proven track record

Mecart has manufactured hundreds of cleanrooms for various industries and applications over the past four decades. With our know-how of hazardous drug compounding and pharmaceutical/sterile environments, we are perfectly qualified to manufacture negative-pressurized isolation rooms.

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