Hospital Room Pressure Monitors and Controls

Maintaining Safe Environments with Hospital Room Pressure Monitors and Controls

In a healthcare facility, the air itself can be a vector for infection. Controlling the direction of airflow between rooms is a fundamental component of a comprehensive infection control strategy. TSI's Hospital Room Pressure Monitors and Controls provide the advanced technology needed to manage and verify room pressurization in your facility's most critical areas, helping to create a safer environment for both patients and staff.

The Science of Safety: Room Pressurization

Specialized rooms in hospitals rely on pressure differentials to contain or exclude airborne contaminants.

• Negative Pressure Rooms (AII Rooms): Used for patients with airborne infectious diseases, these rooms maintain a lower pressure than adjacent areas. This causes air to flow into the room, preventing contaminated air from escaping and spreading.
• Positive Pressure Rooms (PE Rooms): Designed to help patients with compromised immune systems, these rooms maintain a higher pressure, causing air to flow out. This helps keep airborne pathogens from entering the room.
• Operating Rooms (ORs): Typically maintained at a positive pressure to reduce the risk of surgical site infections.

Continuously monitoring these pressure differentials is not just a best practice; it's a requirement of standards like ASHRAE 170, Ventilation of Health Care Facilities. TSI's monitors provide the real-time data and control needed to help you meet these standards with confidence.

TSI Solutions: Accuracy, Reliability, and Ease of Use

Our range of room pressure monitors and controls is designed with the unique needs of healthcare facilities in mind.

• PresSura™ Room Pressure Monitors: These devices provide high-accuracy differential pressure measurement with a clear, color-coded display that offers at-a-glance indication of room status (positive, negative, or neutral). This intuitive visual alert allows staff to quickly verify that a room is safe for entry without needing to interpret numerical readings.
• Room Pressure Controls: For dynamic control, our controllers integrate directly with your facility's HVAC system. They modulate dampers and airflow to actively maintain the desired pressure differential, automatically compensating for disturbances like opening and closing doors.
• Seamless Integration: TSI products are designed to integrate with Building Automation Systems (BAS) via BACnet®, Modbus, or analog outputs, allowing for centralized monitoring, data logging, and alarming. This integration provides facilities managers with a complete overview of environmental conditions across the hospital.

By implementing TSI's room pressure monitoring and control solutions, you are taking a proactive step to enhance your infection control program. These systems provide the reliable performance, clear communication, and data-driven insights necessary to manage critical environments effectively. Trust TSI to be your partner in creating a safer, more compliant healthcare facility.