Sick building syndrome and CO2 in emergency, inpatient and operating room areas
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air microbiology, health care levels, health care (Public Health)., (Source: DeCS)Abstract
Objective: to relate sick building syndrome and CO2 levels in the emergency, hospitalization and operating room areas of the Hospital Básico de Machachi. Methods: Descriptive observational study. Results: The correlation shows a p-value of 0.348, thus proving the null hypothesis. There is no relationship between CO2 concentration and the perceptions of the sick building of the personnel surveyed. Conclusions: In the current study there is no relationship between CO2 concentration and perceptions of sick building syndrome in the surveyed personnel. Future studies should be planned to determine exactly which factors are related to sick building syndrome.
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