Hospitals in central Ohio have been preparing for the arrival of those patients for weeks. Negative-pressure rooms are specifically designed for patients with contagious diseases. The rooms look ...

The Klotz Student Health Center’s 150 square-foot negative-pressure room is the first of its kind in the California State University system, and it has become an important part of ensuring the safety ...

For diseases that travel through the air, like COVID-19, special hospital rooms are essential for controlling pathogens and making sure they stay contained to one patient’s room, rather than infecting ...

Some of the applications mentioned here require a room that maintains a higher or lower pressure compared to the surrounding ambient environment. If the isolated room has greater air pressure, it is ...