THE ULTIMATE MOBILE NEGATIVE PRESSURE ISOLATION ROOM
RESCUE PODS·TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2020·
Rescue Pods along with NEPEAN Engineering & Innovation are pleased to announce the launch of the new RiPOD Negative Pressure Room. A RiPODis a mobile Negative Pressure Room (Class N) used for containment of infectious airborne pathogens caused by various medical procedures or during the treating of a patient wi
th an infectious disease. This type of room is also known by the name AIIR (Airborne Infection Isolation Room). The RiPODis designed for a variety of uses; accommodation of one patient suffering from an infectious disease, laboratory testing facility, autopsy room or any other room that is required to be in a Negative Pressure Room for the containment of infectious pathogens. It can also be used at Mine sites or in remote areas, aged care facilities, for COVID-19 outbreak, hospital overflow and more. The RiPOD is designed and tested to Local and International ICU Guidelines. The RiPODhas an Air Management System (AMS) that autonomously controls and sterilises the airflow in the room so that the number of airborne infectious particles are reduced to a level that ensures cross-infection of other people within a healthcare facility is highly unlikely. RiPOD achieves this by:
- Automatic Control of the quantity and quality of intake or exhausted air in order to maintain an internal negative pressure relative to the outside atmospheric pressure.
- Automatically maintaining different air pressures between compartments with automated pressure controlled locking doors.
- Designed airflow patterns for specific clinical procedures.
- Killing airborne infectious pathogens through Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI).
- Clean Air Supply through a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter system.
- Best practices using antibacterial building materials for Medical facilities
- Independent Oxygen supply to patients via onboard Oxygen Bottle supply.
- Independently Tested and Certified by ISO 17025/NATA Accredited Testing Laboratory (AMT Group Australasia). Ben Notley, Managing Director of Rescue Pods explains ‘Our goal as a company is to provide mobile, medically safe structures to aid health care workers treating patients with infectious diseases, by isolating patients individually in their own RiPOD, reducing the spread of infectious diseases, promoting life and a positive outcome for all.’ He continues ’ We have been fortunate to have partnered with Nepean Engineering & Innovation and Zoll to quickly deliver a fully autonomous, medically equipped, Negative Pressure Isolation Room that has all the modern conveniences and latest technology, to the world.’
A RiPOD is an adapted shipping container with 4 negative pressure compartments: secure entry & exit room, patient room and ensuite. These compartments can be changed by talking to our design team to suit the various uses as mentioned above. A negative pressure room is a vital piece of medical infrastructure that is needed when dealing with airborne infectious diseases. When a patient has an infectious disease, there is a need to isolate the patient to reduce transmission routes of the virus, which is either by direct transmission, contact transmission and aerosol transmission. The unique design of RiPODmakes it possible to contain and neutralise contaminated airborne particles within a negative pressure-controlled environment on an individual patient basis.
