HVAC task force issues interim guide for OR, SPD

Editor's Note

A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning task force on September 28 issued interim guidance to help health care facilities maintain appropriate temperature and humidity in ORs and sterile processing departments, AHA News reports.

The interim guide was developed as the task force is working to achieve consensus on conflicting standards.

An HVAC task force, whose members include the AHA's American Society for Healthcare Engineering, today issued interim guidance to help health care facilities maintain appropriate temperature and humidity control in operating rooms and sterile processing departments as it works to achieve consensus on conflicting standards.