%0 Journal Article
%T Design and Characterization of an Aerosol Test Chamber for Emergency Response Patient Contamination Control Simulation and Research
%A Megan L. Steele
%A Emily M. Spatz
%A George P. Lemmer
%A Jacob M. Denney
%A Jeremy M. Slagley
%A Casey W. Cooper
%A Robert M. Eninger
%J Occupational Diseases and Environmental Medicine
%P 78-96
%@ 2333-357X
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/odem.2023.111005
%X Contaminated or infected patients present a risk of cross-contamination for emergency responders, attending medical personnel and medical facilities as they enter a treatment facility. The controlled conditions of an aerosol test chamber are required to examine factors of contamination, decontamination, and cross-contamination. This study presents the design, construction, and a method for characterizing an aerosol test chamber for a full-sized manikin on a standard North Atlantic Treaty Organization litter. The methodology combined air velocity measurements, aerosol particle counts and size distributions, and computational fluid dynamics modeling to describe the chamber¡¯s performance in three dimensions. This detailed characterization facilitates future experimental design by predicting chamber performance for a variety of patient-focused research.
%K Test Chamber Characterization
%K Aerosol Generation
%K Exposure Chamber Design
%K Air Velocity Mapping
%K Spatial Variability
%K CFD Modeling
%K Patient Decontamination
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=123320