Primary Health Care

It is not surprising that health care agencies and organizations such as Primary Care Trusts, hospitals, rehabilitation care and all of their indoor environment, and above all have temperature control. While the temperature control in other organizations and institutions more of a feel-good factor with temperature control, productivity is more critical in health care.

Hospitals are one of the main users of air conditioning. All rooms can potentially benefit from air conditioning systems solutions – known especially in extreme heat waves, the United Kingdom during the summer of 2006. However, it is generally high dependence, pediatrics, geriatrics, maternity, the first need the help are the patients here a reduced ability to self-regulate body temperature will tend.

Pharmacies and drug storage areas are another unit within hospitals and other healthcare organisations than require air conditioning in order to carry ‘temperature dependant’ drugs. Inadequate temperature control here either means that medication would not function as required or the hospital would simply not be able to stock some emergency treatments.

In a similar situation to IT and server rooms within businesses, ambulance and control rooms have rakes of heat-producing technology and equipment which can easily fail or malfunction in extreme air temperatures. When the technology is not properly maintained the consequences can be devastating – the equipment may need replacing, repair costs are high and patient care can suffer. Read more…