While unions applauded the bill, building owners and managers fought the bill as written. It contains restrictions and regulations on such topics as carbon monoxide and passive cigarette smoke. We do not see either of these organizations soon passing a standard that will greatly change current IAQ recommendations. What To Avoid The Indoor Air Quality Guidelines getting most of the public's attention are Litigation, not Legislation driven. Courts are looking at sick buildings and their damaging health effects, and they are awarding persons large sums of money in many cases.
Persons can sue for anything they feel is irritating or compromising their health.
This includes leaving their job site for work-related injuries due to poor indoor air quality. Hospitals already have their own set of IAQ Rules to govern medical buildings by. In some instances, facilities already should have a minimum of 20 cfm of incoming air per person. This air must be scrub through pleated or bag filters, allowing for clean air exchanges, and sometimes, the air quality must be contained and eliminated from all its potentially harmful indoor and outdoor exposures to airborne chemicals, toxins, vapors, and pollutants which potentially can effect the patient setting or hospital employee and staff work environment through HEPA filtration. Through proper monitoring for HVAC cleaning and maintenance and through visual inspections by building and mechanical engineers, along with visual observations of damaged building materials, and finally through scientific measurements, management will recognize indoor air quality issues, before they move to litigation.