page_title: Negative room pressure
hierarchical_section_title: Negative room pressure
caption_attribution_description: English: The internal air is forced out so that a negative air pressure is created pulling air passively into the system from other inlets. This image is misleading in that the arrows suggest that a larger volume of air is leaving the chamber than entering it: it would be better to have a pressure gauge icon at the inlet and outlet.
context_page_description: Negative room pressure is an isolation technique used in hospitals and medical centers to prevent cross-contamination from room to room. It includes a ventilation that generates "negative pressure" to allow air to flow into the isolation room but not escape from the room, as air will naturally flow from areas with higher pressure to areas with lower pressure, thereby preventing contaminated air from escaping the room. This technique is used to isolate patients with airborne contagious diseases such as: tuberculosis, measles, chickenpox, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, influenza, and Coronavirus disease 2019.
context_section_description: Negative room pressure is an isolation technique used in hospitals and medical centers to prevent cross-contamination from room to room. It includes a ventilation  that generates "negative pressure" (pressure lower than of the surroundings) to allow air to flow into the isolation room but not escape from the room, as air will naturally flow from areas with higher pressure to areas with lower pressure, thereby preventing contaminated air from escaping the room. This technique is used to isolate patients with airborne contagious diseases such as: tuberculosis, measles, chickenpox, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV), Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV), influenza (flu), and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
caption: The internal air is forced out so that negative air pressure is created pulling air passively into the system from other inlets.
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