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TC9.6 Health Care Facility HVAC Applications Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri June 26, 2016 MEETING MINUTES Meeting Minutes reported by Traci Hanegan, TC 9.6 Secretary 1) TC called to order a) Introductions were made by attendees. b) Agenda and Sign‐in sheets distributed c) Roll call ‐ members present confirmed: 12 of 17 voting and 0 non quorum members present – quorum reached d) Corresponding members present 36, including 9 noted as PCM e) Guests present ‐ 18 f) YEA members – 12 g) All Handouts, Agenda, Meeting Minutes (Draft and Final) Sign‐in sheets, & subcommittee reports will be posted to the TC website: http://tc96.ashraetcs.org 2) Chair’s Report TAC Breakfast Meeting a) Members can request to become Provisional Corresponding Members by emailing Tara Thomas at [email protected]. Include your membership number in your email. New Provisional and Corresponding Members can be added at anytime. b) Discussed MTGs 3) Minutes of Previous Meeting– T Hanegan a) Meeting Minutes from Atlanta were distributed on line and via website prior to the meeting. No changes. Motion to approve the minutes by Mike Sheerin. Seconded by Zied Driss. Motion passed 11‐0‐0 CNV. 4) Vice Chair Comments – R Westbrook a) Very impressed with our committee attendance. b) Please review the roster and update any changes. 5) Roster Changes effective next meeting: a) New voting members beginning July 1, 2016: i) Nicolas Lemire ii) Tim Earhart b) Jeremy Fauber will be rolling off July 1, 2016 c) Subcommittee chairs typically serve 2‐3 years and should be grooming their replacement the last year. d) Water subcommittee chair Erica Stewart has identified Eric Granzow as the vice‐chair and Johnathan Flannery as the secretary, beginning at the St. Louis meeting. e) Programs subcommittee chair Lynda Herrig will be rolling off and Rocky Alazazi will be serving as chair starting at the St. Louis meeting. f) We have about 40 new provisional corresponding members since June. PCMs have a 2 year term and need to make themselves known and get involved or they will roll off. g) There are 165 total committee members. 6) Sub‐committee Reports (see attached subcommittee meeting minutes where available in addition to notes below) a) Energy ‐ Jeremy Fauber. Meeting run by David Eldridge b) Water Subcommittee – Erica Stewart c) Programs – Lynda Herrig. Meeting run by Ron Westbrook. Discussion of tracks for upcoming meetings and review of ideas for future programs.

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TC9.6 Health Care Facility HVAC Applications 

Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri                              June 26, 2016 

MEETING MINUTES 

Meeting Minutes reported by Traci Hanegan, TC 9.6 Secretary 

1) TC called to order  a) Introductions were made by attendees.   b) Agenda and Sign‐in sheets distributed c) Roll call ‐ members present confirmed: 12 of 17 voting and 0 non quorum members present – quorum reached d) Corresponding members present 36, including 9 noted as PCM e) Guests present ‐ 18 f) YEA members – 12 g) All Handouts, Agenda, Meeting Minutes (Draft and Final) Sign‐in sheets, & subcommittee reports will be posted to the 

TC website: http://tc96.ashraetcs.org  

2) Chair’s Report TAC Breakfast Meeting  a) Members can request to become Provisional Corresponding Members by emailing Tara Thomas at 

[email protected].  Include your membership number in your email.  New Provisional and Corresponding Members can be added at anytime.  

b) Discussed MTGs  

3) Minutes of Previous Meeting– T Hanegan a) Meeting Minutes from Atlanta were distributed on line and via website prior to the meeting.  No changes.  Motion to 

approve the minutes by Mike Sheerin.  Seconded by Zied Driss.  Motion passed 11‐0‐0 CNV.  

4) Vice Chair Comments –  R Westbrook a) Very impressed with our committee attendance. b) Please review the roster and update any changes. 

 5) Roster Changes effective next meeting: 

a) New voting members beginning July 1, 2016:   i) Nicolas Lemire ii) Tim Earhart 

b) Jeremy Fauber will be rolling off July 1, 2016 c) Subcommittee chairs typically serve 2‐3 years and should be grooming their replacement the last year.  d) Water subcommittee chair Erica Stewart has identified Eric Granzow as the vice‐chair and Johnathan Flannery as the 

secretary, beginning at the St. Louis meeting. e) Programs subcommittee chair Lynda Herrig will be rolling off and Rocky Alazazi will be serving as chair starting at the 

St. Louis meeting. f) We have about 40 new provisional corresponding members since June.  PCMs have a 2 year term and need to make 

themselves known and get involved or they will roll off. g) There are 165 total committee members. 

 6) Sub‐committee Reports (see attached subcommittee meeting minutes where available in addition to notes below) 

a) Energy ‐ Jeremy Fauber.  Meeting run by David Eldridge     b) Water Subcommittee – Erica Stewart c) Programs – Lynda Herrig.  Meeting run by Ron Westbrook.  Discussion of tracks for upcoming meetings and review of 

ideas for future programs. 

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d) Handbook – Nicolas Lemire e) Research – Ken Mead f) Infectious Diseases – Traci Hanegan 

 7) Webmaster – Mark Tome  

a) http://tc96.ashraetcs.org b) The website has changed to a different format with the goal to be a bit more mobile/finger friendly.  To comply with 

ASHRAE policy, any email address should be an ASHRAE alias.  If you are a subcommittee chair, please follow that process and get an alias.  Also, Mark will post a link on the links page this week for instructions.  Shoot papers to him so he can create a link and things can be shared a couple of days before the next meeting.    

8) Environmental Health –Frank Mills (not present)   

9) International Issues – Francis Mills (not present)  

10) Honors and Awards – Wei Sun (not present).  11) Liaison Reports 

a) Standards – Jeff Hardin filled in for Chris and Paul for the 170 report.   i) Addenda: AD – provides for a reduction in air change rates in exam rooms.  C allows methods to reduce air change 

rates in lab spaces.  F provides clarification of primary OR diffuser array, H deals with coordination of temp requirements for sterile processing to coord. with AAMI.   

ii) In progress addenda – adiabatic humidification.  High pressure water instead of just clean steam or direct steam injection.  Clarifications within filtration table on outpatient services.  How low can you go on air change rates for unoccupied spaces?  Request to convert air change rates to cfm per square foot.  Coord. with standard 62.  Two interpretation requests – locations and requirements for DP monitoring on AII rooms.  2nd one is about low return locations in ORs.   

iii) Coordination activities between 170 and others like 55 and 62.  Alternate means of compliance that Walt Vernon is working on.  This is about risk based vs. performance based approaches.  An adhoc type group has been formed.  Conference calls every 2 weeks so far.  Workign in small groups to conceive and translate ideas into proposals for alternate compliance paths.    

iv) Relooking at humidification requirements (low end) of going from 35% down to 20% RH with more clarity.  Work on electroconvulsive therapy rooms, slew of pending addenda.  Addressing the fact that FGI split into multiple documents.  Will likely republish entire document in 2017 to get it out in front of the 2018 FGI.   

v) Working with Std. 55 and 62.1 and meeting Monday to discuss natural ventilation in healthcare – finalize purpose and scope.  Looking to see if any conflicts exist, multiple zone equation, reviewing terminology.   

vi) Limited coordination with 90.1.  Rick Hermans is now being assigned as a liaison and they have had two telecons so far.   

b) 189.3. Mike Sheerin reported that there have been 2 public reviews and 114 comments received last time.  They have an updated draft and 5 unresolved comments that are being worked on.   

c) 188.  They are making some edits to make sure it can be code adopted and also have moved toward working on Guideline 12, which hasn’t been updated in several years. 

d) Environmental Health.  Erica attended this and noted that IAQA had a concurrent meeting so this was well attended.  Wayne will bring up that we want to be involved in updating the position paper.  Let Erica know if you want to volunteer. 

 12) ALI (Koenigshofer) 

a) The healthcare design course continues to be a success.  Thanks to Dan for continuing to teach this.  

13) New Business a) Sheldon Jeter gave an update on the Std. 170 research project.  Lots of work done, but budget barely touched, slow to 

get the contract worked out.  3 categories for including recommendations in then standard – rational inclusion (general engineering considerations), specific clinical practice guidelines, vast and amorphous published evidence.  Last one – expert opinion, observation, controlled experiment, model, etc.  So far has done fairly exhaustive study on the rational inclusion, guideline chapters like USP797, and other ASHRAE standards.  Hasn’t been reviewed yet, but most work 

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done.  Also mostly done on clinical guidelines part.  Did a sample project for considering one of the areas for published evidence – the surgical site infection.  So this would become the basis for ventilation guidelines for the hospital OR.  What they plan on doing is getting the report to the project monitoring subcommittee to review/comment.  Also to research subcommittee as well.  Teleconference shortly on that and then start into Category 3.  Finish that up in first quarter, Feb/March timeframe and then have it reviewed.  Act on it in St. Louis.  Still respond to comments sometime after that.  Still need to turn this into some kind of ASHRAE technical paper.  Please send articles or information to them.   

b) Roger Lautz reported as the chair of PMS for additional research project that we co‐sponsored regarding an update of the scientific evidence for specifying lower limit relative humidity levels for comfort, health, and IEQ in occupied spaces.  A literature search was performed on work conducted since 1985 that identified over 600 papers relevant to the subject.  Selected papers with data in them; about 60 studies pertinent in the work. Summarized in the report.  Kansas State, led by Dr. Melanie Derby and 5 others did the work.  They looked at viruses, indoor air quality, etc.  Age, sex, and ethnicity.  The results are mixed – in many cases there are no clear cut answers apparent.  Some viruses survive at low RH others survive at high RH.  Premise was to get facts on where we stand so we can use this data appropriately and decide which new research is appropriate.  Dust mites had the most clarity.  Low humidity makes the most difference.  From 1985 forward, nothing prior to that.  Humidity work before 1984 wasn’t included, but may still be valid.  TC5.9 and TC5.11 (one of those) will vote on it tomorrow.  When approved the next step is to do a research or technical conference paper.  The research journal paper is best – searchable and can be cited so that’s the direction they are going.  Will present at an upcoming ASHRAE meeting also.  Also supposed to advise where this info should be shared – so they will make a list.  Recommend further research.  Ken Mead noted many studies were of college students with short term stays.  Not much on older people with long term info.  Important to get details on how data were gathered.  No change to the Sterling chart.  Can’t support it or deny it.  No new chart produced.  Some interpretive recommendations.  A straw poll was conducted among voting members and all felt that the project completed its charge.     

c) A motion was made by Mike Meteyer to see if we want to co‐sponsor a seminar for St. Louis that Mike is putting on.  Travis English will be a presenter.  The motion was seconded by Bob G.  Following discussion, the motion passed 12‐0‐0 CV.   

d) A motion was made by Mike Meteyer to approve the responses to FAQ 81 & 82 along with Erica’s suggestion to include the word “Exhaust” in the reply.  The motion was seconded by Erica S.  Following discussion, the motion passed 12‐0‐0 CV.  

14) Meeting adjourned 

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ASHRAE Committee 9.6 Energy Subcommittee Health Care Facilities Sunday June 26, 2016 St. Louis, MO 3:00-4:00pm

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.

A N I N T E R N A T I O N A L O R G A N I Z A T I O N

MEETING MINUTES Meeting Minutes reported by Jeremy Fauber 1. Meeting was opened at 3:00 PM 2. Seminars a. At this conference the following programs may be of interest to TC 9.6 energy subcommittee i. Conference Paper Session – Ventilation Requirements for Healthcare ii. Seminar – Air Change Rates: Philosophy and Practice iii. Conference Paper – Advances in Desiccant Technology 3. ASHRAE 90.1 a. 24 published addenda. 4. Standard 189.3 a. Meets Monday morning and afternoon. b. Working though resolving comments received from last public draft. 5. Standard 170 a. Natural ventilation subcommittee meets Tuesday afternoon. 6. Energy Monitoring a. Reviewed CBECS 2012 data compared to 2003 i. While the overall energy usage looks OK the individual energy usage breakdown within the building looks questionable ii. Follow-up with EIA and coordination may be useful iii. ENERGY STAR no longer accepts MOB type building for rating system 1. Too much variability for outpatient facilities which can include surgery centers, MOB, and imaging facilities which all have different energy usages iv. Terry Sharp offered to provide additional information on CBECS v. ENERGY STAR uses ASHE data vi. Discussed potential of RTAR for ASHRAE research project on hospital energy usage 7. New Business i. Discussed development of Guideline for the design of Net Zero Hospital – is there a desire /need to develop such a guideline? ii. Healthcare without Harm – may have useful information in their reports

8. Meeting adjourned

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ASHRAE Committee 9.6 Water Subcommittee                                      Health Care Facilities  Sunday June 27, 2016    America’s Center Convention Complex, Rm 131, St. Louis, MO 

MEETING MINUTES Meeting facilitated by Eric Granzow, TC 9.6 Water Subcommittee Chair (incoming) 

 1) Call to order 9:00 AM (Central) 

a) Agenda and Sign‐in Sheets b) Introductions  c) YEA Memebers d) All Handouts, Agenda, Meeting Minutes (Draft and Final), Sign‐in Sheets & Subcommittee reports can be found on the 

TC website:  http//tc96.ashraetcs.org  

2) Minutes of the Previous Meeting a) February 19, 2016 Conference Call  

3) Standards Reports a) SSPC188 Legionellosis: Risk Management for Building Water Systems – The standard was published 6/26/15 and was 

approved for continuous maintenance. The work of the committee presently is to publish an update to Guideline 12: Managing the Risk of Legionellosis Associated with Building Water Systems. The goal of the committee is to have a draft ready for public review in St. Louis.   

 4) Research  

a) Draft RTAR Experimental Evaluation of the Effective Dosage of Legionella Delivered by Aerosolizing Devices in Building Water Systems. Item is being closed due to lack of support from researcher. 

 5) Society Liaisons  

a) None present.  6) Programs 

a) Orlando sessions were well received. b) Webinar version was discussed and would be useful based on  feedback of  those present.   Erika Stewart will discuss 

with ASHE related to options for a joint webinar. c) Looking for partners and presenters for the Life Safety (Track 4) track at Long Beach. 

 7) Discussion and Action Items , New Business 

a) Travis English suggested an implementation forum for Standard 188.  Potential discussion topics would include costs, comparisons  of  scope,  help  bring  together  experts  (evaluators,  certifiers,  IC  examiners),  resources  (ASHRAE,  AIHA, CDC). 

b) The  Washington  State  Energy  Office  requires  105  degrees  limit  on  hot  water  circulation  return.    This  could  be  a potential  issue  relating  to  Standard  188.    Washington  DOH  will  allow  deviations  but  requires  approval.    The subcommittee will review and monitor the situation in Washington to see what happens.  

8) Meeting adjourned at 9:40 AM  9) Attendance (see attached sign‐in sheet) 

 

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ASHRAE TC9.6 HANDBOOK SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA

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TC 9.6 Handbook Subcommittee Meeting 

(2019 Applications – Health Care Facilities)  

Sunday June 26, 2016 

14:00 ‐ 15:00 – America’s Center Convention – Complex Floor 1 – 131 

  Item Description Person Time

1 Welcome P.Likhonin 2

2 Self introductions and Sign In Sheet All 5

3 Review Roster/Subcommittee Members Present; Contributing members vs attendees

P.Likhonin 5

4 ASHRAE Authoring Portal P.Likhonin 10

5 Chapter Base File – will be uploaded shorthly following St.Louis

P.Likhonin 5

6 Assignments of new topics or revisions P.Likhonin 15

7 Discussions/New Business All 15

8 Adjourn/Next Meeting P.Likhonin 3

Process and Schedule:

Revisers interested in working on 2019 version shall give business card to N.Lemire (P.Likhonin) so they will be included on official roster for Handbook SubCommittee. Important to differentiate contributors/revisors and attendees

Schedule makes it mandatory that Official Chapter shall be submitted in 2018 to HBC. N.Lemire wants the TC to vote on it in January 2018 in Chicago.

Review process will be:

- Discuss new topic to be included, writing of new material if applicable, basefile revision (2015-2016) – LAST MEETING IN ST-LOUIS TO INCLUDE NEW TOPICS

- Review and comment period (2016-2017) - Final revision (Fall 2017) - Approval of Final Revision (January 2018)

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ASHRAE TC9.6 HANDBOOK SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA

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Basefile of 2015 available. Paper copies available in Subcommittee meeting. WE WILL BE USING THE NEW ASHRAE AUTHORING PORTAL FOLLOWING THE MEETING IN ST-LOUIS. We will merge all revisions so far and put the “new” basefile” shorthly after St-Louis.

List of ideas to be discussed and included (or not) for 2019 version: See table.

Actual version of Chapter we are working with: not relevant anymore.

Assignments:

Assignment shall be reviewed in meeting and dealt with prior to upcoming meeting in Vegas in January 2017.

Meeting Minutes:

P.Likhonin leads the meeting in absence of N.Lemire. Work has been dispatched as per table of outstanding issues prepared by N.Lemire. Table of presence has been updated. Following discussions between N.Lemire et HBC, the corrected basefile coming into Las

Vegas in January will be transferred into the Authoring Portal and contributors will be given acces shortly after meeting.

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Applications Handbook 2019 ‐ Health Care Facilities Issue # Title Description Discussion Work in Progress Latest update

1 Terminology

Compare our chapter terminology to 

standard ASHRAE terminology to 

ensure that it is consistent Ann Peratt First review finished St.Louis

2 Consistency with 170

Compare to 170 definitions for 

consistency. Jonathan Flannery, Jeremy, Caleb

First review finished‐ 

Needs a second  St.Louis

3

Operating rooms vs 

procedure rooms

Expound on definitions for operating 

rooms versus procedure rooms to help 

engineers. Ignore and refer to 170 Finished St.Louis

4 Biocontainment

Lessons learned on biocontainment 

design (ebola virus). Include figures. Anteroom??? Ken Mead and Eric Granzow. In‐ Progress St.Louis

5 Updates on Pharmacy Pharmacy 797 and 800 updates. Ken Mead, Erik Phelps In‐ Progress St.Louis

6 Filtration Include filtration table from 170 Zied  In‐ Progress St.Louis

7 Info related to filtration

Include information on energy and 

maintenance as related to filtration. Refer to Chapters in fundamentals ‐ Pavel, Zied In‐ Progress St.Louis

8 update figures

Update figures to be consistent across 

the chapter.

CAD: Kyle Inge, Eric Granzow.….                              

ASHE monograph on OR setbacks Travis, Robert In‐ Progress St.Louis

9 International Info

More international information. How 

do other chapters do this?  UK, 

Germany or Canada?  Third world?

Travis & Jonathan (Treasurer for chapters in 

different countries‐ Help with their deign 

standards) In‐ Progress St.Louis

10 review references

Copies of references held by chair. 

Confirm existing references are 

consistent and exist. Done! Orlando

11 Flow of chapter

Edit flow of the Chapter – review with 

handbook committee

Discussion on improved flow between 

P.Likhonin and N.Lemire

Revision 1 shows 

proposed flow Jan‐16

12

Reference to new 

standards

AORN standards and AAMI standards 

should these be mentioned? Travis & Jonathan Orlando

13 Medical equipments

Medical Equipment – Plus load data 

and imaging equipment – Mazzetti and 

KP may be able to assist.

Load Calculation Chapter, hold on untill done in 

Fundamentals Orlando

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14 Expand Outpatient

Do outpatient facilities need to be 

expanded on? Nope ‐ Done! Orlando

15

Process for update of 

document

Is there an online system that should 

be used for edits – multiple access for 

single document?  Need to follow‐up 

with ASHRAE to see if this is possible.

Eric Granzow and Pavel ‐‐ DONE! Taken care of 

by a new update from the ASRHAE Editing Tool. 

ASHRAE Handbook 

Committee issued 

procedure and 

developped online 

tool. Platform to be  Orlando

16

What should be in the 

Hamdbook Chapter 

compare to what is in 

the Design Manual?

Compare design manual information 

and handbook chapter information for 

TC9.9 and 9.10 to see how they deal 

with it. Seems like they are quite good 

in dealing with it as referenced by Mark 

Owen

I will check that and coordinate with Mark O. I 

will also discuss he matter with authors from 

the Lab design guide of 9.10. (Nicolas Lemire) St.Louis

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       ASHRAE TC9.6 HANDBOOK SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ROSTER

1

XTC 9.6 Handbook Subcommittee Meeting 

Attendance for Applications 2019 – Health Care Facilities 

Member Email Phone NYC June 2014

Seattle June 2014

Chicago Jan. 2015

Atlanta June 2015

Orlando Jan 2016

St-Louis June 2016

Las Vegas Jan 2017

Long Beach June 2017

XXX Jan 2018

XXX June 2018

XXX Jan 2019

SubCommittee

Finalize

2015 No mtg Kickoff 2019

Meet & Draft text

Meet & Draft text

Meet & Draft text

Meet and review TC

input

Meet and get TC vote

Finalize 2019

No meeting. Work with editor

Kickoff 2023

Nicolas Lemire, Chair

[email protected] 514.382.5150 N/A X N/A

Ann Peratt [email protected] 913.312.0149 X X X X

Jeremy P.Fauber [email protected] 937.224.0861 X X

Frederich E.Granzow

[email protected] 402.991.5520 X X X

Ken R.Mead [email protected] 513.841.4385 X X X

Pavel V.Likhonin [email protected] 919.425.7623 X X X X

David Braidich [email protected] 703.428.6341 X

Erick A.Phelps [email protected] 941.907.7750 X X X

Travis R.English [email protected] 714.572.7475 X X X

Michael Sheerin [email protected] X

Ronald Westbrook [email protected] 315.464.7371 X

Erica J.Stewart [email protected] 626.381.5814

Mike Meteyer [email protected] 608.410.8221

Matt McLaurin [email protected] 972.212.4800 X X

Zied Driss [email protected] 973.907.9356 X

Chris Rousseau [email protected] X

Traci Hanegan X

Mark Tome X

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       ASHRAE TC9.6 HANDBOOK SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ROSTER

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Other attendees

Harold Smith [email protected]

X X

Dan Koenigshofer [email protected] X

Jan M.Gasparec [email protected] X

Michael Emmert [email protected] X X

Bradick Young [email protected] X

David Thomsen [email protected]

X

Roger Lautz [email protected] 608.236.1110

Lu Shen [email protected] X

Sheldon Jeter [email protected] X

Lynda Herrig [email protected] X

Stephen Bosch [email protected] X

Steven Friedman [email protected] X

Mark Tome [email protected] X X

Stephanie Mages [email protected] X

Jonathan Flannery [email protected] X X

Robert Chase [email protected] X

Rocky Alazari X

Kyle Inge X

Raj Kapoor X

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TC 9.6 Infectious Diseases Subcommittee Sunday, June 26, 2016, 10am‐noon  

Minutes  35 attendees – including 6 YEA, 8 guests, and 1 student member  Refresh on Purpose and Direction.   

People attend to get ideas for research and to fill knowledge gaps and be better informed.  We want to connect research with practical engineering and find ways to bring all this knowledge to people to practically apply it. 

 Our group responds to emerging issues with info and assistance.  Do no harm.  We arrange for future seminars/programs, update position papers, FAQs, and contribute to handbook updates.  We fill gaps in knowledge by recommending research and sharing knowledge/lessons learned at meetings. 

 Our subcommittee addresses issues such as: Ebola virus disease, Influenza, Lassa Fever, MERS‐CoV, TB, C‐Diff, bacterial pneumonia, Noroviruses and airline toilet monitoring, CRE/Phantom Menace, measles, Legionella, Antibiotic resistance, and outbreaks and HAI deaths in hospitals.    

 ASHRAE FAQ 100 ‐ Phil Maybee, Doug Barnes, and Ken Mead worked on responses to this.   

Motion to approve the revisions and send to full committee.  Approved.    Airborne Infectious Diseases Position Paper expires January 19, 2017.  See Erica Stewart to help update.  Updates/Lessons Learned on various diseases: UNKNOWN INFECTIOUS DISEASES 

1. Tanzania: Two Districts On High Alert After Mysterious Illness Kills Seven.  Anthrax and yellow fever ruled out.  Possibly Rift Valley Fever or aflatoxins produces by fungi.  June 20, 2016 http://allafrica.com/stories/201606200925.html 

2. South Sudan.  Unknown outbreak of hemorrhagic fever.  June 25, 2016. LEGIONELLA 

1. Person‐to‐person transmission of Legionella was reported for the first time. Researchers concluded that a 48‐year‐old man was exposed to Legionella when working around cooling towers in 2014 and then transmitted Legionella via coughing to his mother while she was caring for him. The mother died on December 1, 2014 and her son about a month later, on January 7th. The Legionella strain found in both the mother and son matched the strain found in the son's workplace. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1505356.  See also http://www.livescience.com/53595‐legionnaires‐disease‐can‐spread‐between‐people.html 

2. Legionella death.  Recirc water pump failed.  http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/inquest‐bath‐man‐s‐death‐legionnaire‐s‐disease/story‐28693491‐detail/story.html 

3. CDC released new toolkit to help prevent Legionella.  Based partly on ASHRAE 188.   MERS 

1. Transmission of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infections in Healthcare Settings, Abu Dhabi. http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/4/15‐1615_article 

2. MERS transmission in extended family, Saudi Arabia 2014.  Risk factors for household transmission included sleeping in an index patient’s room and touching respiratory secretions 

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from an index patient, not casual contact. CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases. http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/8/15‐2015_article 

3. MERS – United Arab Emirates. New case June 16, 2016.  Two new cases in Jeddah in June 2106.  WHO update. Riyadh outbreak June 2016.  Woman with illness not diagnosed until after admission to a vascular surgery ward.   

INFLUENZA 1. Swine‐origin flu infections reported in Minnesota May 13, 2016.  CIDRAP.  Novel case involved a 

variant H1N2 (H1N2V) virus in a patient who recovered.  3 similar cases in 2013.    2. Human Infection with H7N9 during 3 major epidemic waves, China.  2013‐2015. CDC Emerging 

Infectious Diseases.  http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/6/15‐1752_article 3. What Transmission Precautions Best Control Influenza Spread in a Hospital?  American Journal 

of Epidemiology.  Strategies are usually “bundled” so it’s hard to tell which ones work best together.  Model was performed.  Results are based on % reduction in cases: Handwashing (11‐27%), Healthcare worker vaccination (6‐19%), pre‐vaccination of patients (4‐17%), patient isolation (5‐16%), antiviral treatment (4‐14%), and use of face masks (3‐10%).  Combining all strategies optimally could result in 50% reduction, or 40% with more realistic compliance.  http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/183/11/1045.short?rss=1 

HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION 1. CDC MMWR: Notes from the Field: Probable Mucormycosis Among Adult Solid Organ Transplant 

Recipients at an Acute Care Hospital — Pennsylvania, 2014–2015 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6518a5.htm 

2. A transplant patient at UPMC Montefiore has contracted a mold infection of the same type – and possibly under similar circumstances ‐ that infected four UPMC transplant patients in 2014 and 2015 and led to an ongoing federal investigation, according to the man’s attorney.  http://www.post‐gazette.com/news/health/2016/06/03/Attorney‐says‐UPMC‐Montefiore‐transplant‐patient‐has‐mold‐infection/stories/201606040071 

VARIOUS 1. CDC Alert to U.S. Healthcare Facilities: Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria carrying the mcr‐1 gene 

were found in a sample from a person in Pennsylvania with no recent travel outside of the United States who presented with a urinary tract infection. The mcr‐1 gene makes bacteria resistant to the antibiotic colistin, which is used as a last‐resort drug to treat patients with infections caused by multidrug‐resistant bacteria. The gene exists on a plasmid, a small piece of DNA that is capable of moving from one bacterium to another, potentially spreading antibiotic resistance to other bacterial species.  http://aac.asm.org/content/early/2016/05/25/AAC.01103‐16.full.pdf+html 

2. Article in HPAC Engineering April 5, 2016 has example of UVC light being used at a community college.  No tracking of outcomes however.  Article in Healthcare Facilities Today, June 22, 2016 presents results of a study showing 46% decrease in SSIs from using pulsed Xenon UV light in ORs at night.   

3. Measles outbreak in Arizona in May 2016.  At least 11 confirmed cases.  Many are inmates or workers at the Eloy Detention Center.  An infected inmate was brought to the facility and spread the disease to a vaccinated worker who caught it anyway.   

4. Snot‐spattered experiments show how far sneezes really spread.  Looking at size distribution and how far they can travel in the air.   Even larger droplets drifted for up to 8 m and stayed suspended for up to 10 minutes (conventional thinking assumed 1‐2 meters and then fall to the ground).  Lots happening to the fluid outside the mouth ‐ it countered the prevailing assumption that droplets exit the mouth fully formed. Important finding because it means that droplet formation could be strongly influenced by environmental conditions such as humidity and 

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temperature. And that could help to explain why some diseases, such as flu, tend to occur more frequently at certain times of the year, perhaps because the ambient conditions favor the spread and survival of certain microbes. Video.  http://www.nature.com/news/the‐snot‐spattered‐experiments‐that‐show‐how‐far‐sneezes‐really‐spread‐1.19996 

 Reminder about the presentation by Nicholas Lea scheduled for the main meeting.    Discussion was held about whether AII rooms should have ante rooms.  Travis English noted these are required in California and all Kaiser facilities.  There is a need for more design guidance for the controls and the systems that support them.  Perhaps we should create a document with various examples.  This could be used to support edits to the handbook and design manual, or be a conference paper submission for Long Beach.  This committee could be the co‐authors.  We could follow up with a workshop or short course.  A suggestion was made to involve architects and infection control people to provide input on their perspectives also.  Most everyone in the room felt that ante rooms should be mandatory for AII rooms.     

It was agreed that the second hour of this meeting in Las Vegas be devoted to working on this document.   

      

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TC 9.6 Research Subcommittee Meeting Report: June 26, 2016 – St Louis, MO

23 persons in attendance (roster attached)

1. ASHE/ASHRAE/FGI Joint Research Project (Co-RP 3) Investigating STD 170 Design Criteria a. Original PI withdrew – but has submitted some prelim results b. Being resubmitted to RAC this meeting with alternate PI

i. Increased $$ ii. RAC considering at this meeting

2. Follow-up RP-1343: Method of Testing and Reporting of Energy Use By Medical Imaging Equipment a. Oscar Cobb reviewing RP-1343 and coming up with outline for future RTAR b. Energy Subcommittee to discuss – we will share RTAR with them prior to submission c. One additional person (David Thomsen) approached Ken with interest in helping with RTAR d. Important to coordinate with RAC liaison (Jeff Gatlin [email protected] ) prior to submission.

3. Heat Wheel RTAR (now becoming a WS) - “Test method to evaluate cross-contamination of gaseous contaminant within total energy recovery devices”.

a. Research new methods to evaluate contaminant cross-over – specific focus on desiccant media b. ASHRAE STD 84 – uses SF6 – RTAR states, “From an air quality perspective, the current ASHRAE

84 test is not sufficient since it only considers leaks using SF6 and SF6 interaction with desiccant media can lead to erroneous results. More specific direction is required and specific contaminants identified that are transferred by contact with the desiccant media of the heat recovery devices.

c. Seeking TC 9.6 support – research subcommittee discussed. Some concerns expressed regarding implementation of findings but for now, everyone present was in agreement regarding the research need. {Note: Bob Widener tc 9.10 research chair later clarified that the intent was for TC 9.6 to be a co-sponsor not just a supporter.}

4. Other Potential Research Topics Discussed a. Airflow Dynamics in the Operating Room

i. LED vs halogen lighting ii. Another look at wound plume dynamics

iii. Focus on Non-sterile zone –to-sterile zone air-exchanges b. Do Vacuum Toilets offer protective effect against toilet plume generation? c. Do low-wall exhausts offer a protective effect for toilet plume in healthcare facilities d. Air-curtains in the OR e. Particle counting in the OR – current standards/research/aerosol vs bioaerosol f. Communication with STD 170 – what do you need from 9.6 research in order to yea/nea

standard changes? g. Anything to be gleaned from evaluating Infection rates from Europe vs their design criteria?

Literature search RTAR? h. Future ASHE/ASHRAE research project looking at surgical site infection rates vs OR design? {Talk

with ASHE & Travis} i. Nolan Hosking (Price Industries, Inc) shared a draft RTAR entitled “Hospital Operating Room Air

Distribution using Air Curtain Systems” and for discussion at next meeting of the Research Subcommittee.

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