負壓

負壓是醫院和醫療中心用來阻止不同病房之間交叉感染的一種隔離技術^[1]^[2]。負壓需要一種能使病房對外施加的壓力低於周圍環境對病房的壓力的排風裝置，帶有負壓效果的病房稱為負壓病房。空氣在流入負壓病房後，不會從負壓病房中逸出，因為空氣會自然地從壓力較高的區域流向壓力較低的區域，因此負壓病房能阻止含有病菌的空氣從病房中逸出^[3]^[4]。

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[camil-1] Negative Room Pressure to Prevent Cross-Contamination, Clean Air Solutions, Camil Farr, （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）Retrieved 2010-03-10.

[2] Isolation Rooms & Pressurization Control （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）, Penn State Department of Architectural Engineering, © 2008 The Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 2010-03-10.^{[失效連結]}

[3] Negative Pressure Isolation Rooms & Tuberculosis (TB) Isolation Rooms, AirMont Inc. Retrieved 2010-03-10. （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）

[4] Hoffman, P. N.; Weinbren, M. J.; Stuart, S. A. A practical lesson in negative-pressure isolation ventilation. The Journal of Hospital Infection. 2004, 57 (4): 345–6. PMID 15262397. doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2004.04.013.

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