Laminar air flow ceilings provide effective protection against contamination caused by airborne dead or living particles during invasive acts. Ceilings are available in square or rectangular shapes to accommodate any room layout and specific requirements for creating a clean zone around the patient, medical staff, and medical devices.

Aerobiologically, the staff are the source of the majority of airborne contamination in an operating room. On an airborne skin scale, the most common unit of contamination (colony forming unit – “cfu”) is a microcolony. There will be between 1 and 1,000 bacteria in that microcolony. (Microbial numbers are an important factor in infection initiation.)

One important function of operating room ventilation is to keep airborne bacteria from settling in “the wound.”

Our laminar flow ceilings are primarily used with our Clinicair Air Handling Unit, but they can also be adapted to any other brand’s products. This system is intended for use in operating rooms to meet ISO 5 standards (complying with EN ISO 14644-1) as well as in the pharmaceutical industry. It aids in the prevention of cross-contamination and hospital-acquired infections.