Harmful factors in engine-rooms and machinery control-rooms on warships

Compliance With Infection Control Guidelines in the Operating Rooms

Introduction: Compliance with the safety standards in the operating rooms, as one of the most complex work environments in the health care systems, is very important. One of the safety measures is the infection control standard.  Objective: This study aimed to investigate compliance with infection control standards in the operating rooms of teaching hospitals in Rasht City, Iran. Materials an...

Isolation rooms for tuberculosis control.

A survey of respiratory isolation rooms in seven St. Louis hospitals reported in this month’s issue. begins to verify a general suspicion that many hospitals lack adequate facilities for treating patients with airborne infectious diseases such as tuberculosis (TB). Respiratory isolation rooms should be under continual “negative pressure” relative to hallways and anterooms, so that air flows fro...

Situation Awareness in Traffic Management Control Rooms

Systems Usability Concerns in Hybrid Control Rooms

This paper presents findings from two large scale simulator test series which were carried out in the Finnish NPPs. Altogether 18 professional operating crews took part in the experiments and each of them conducted three scenarios at the training simulator of the respective plant. The studies provide evidence on how well-trained operating crews actually manage accident and incident situations i...

Minerva Rooms

Each of the Minerva houses has a seminar room that is equipped with a limited amount of technology. In keeping with the President's initiative to build a close relationship between academic and student life, the rooms are available to both students and faculty to use. each room contains a motorized projection screen, a ceiling-mounted data projector, and a DVD/VCR combo unit. A panel in the roo...