ARC Training Centre for Advanced Building Systems Against Airborne Infection Transmission

Directional Effects of Human and Door Motions on the Transport of Aerosols Across a Doorway

Y Fan, P Li, M Zheng, Y Li, X Liu, J Li, X Li, K Kevin, J Monty, L Morawska

2026-01-01

Human movement across a doorway and associated door opening and closing motions is an important mechanism of containment failure i..

Modelling the joint effects of single occupancy and N95 respirators on COVID-19 outbreaks in hospital wards

C Zachreson, R Schofield, C Marshall, M Kainer, K Buising, J Monty, S Sullivan, K Subbarao, N Geard

2025-12-01

Background: Outbreaks of respiratory pathogens on hospital wards present challenges for control of hospital-acquired infections. A..

Mitigating Airborne Infection Transmission in the Common Area of Inpatient Wards—A Case Study

X Li, K Kevin, WK Lam, A Ooi, C Zachreson, N Geard, L Tsigaras, S Bates, F McGain, L Morawska, M Kainer, J Monty

2025-10-01

In a hospital ward, transmission of airborne pathogens can occur in any area where people breathe the same air. These areas includ..

Ultraviolet radiation vs air filtration to mitigate virus laden aerosol in an occupied clinical room

SA Landry, M Jamriska, VJ Menon, LYY Lee, I Magnin-Bougma, D Subedi, JJ Barr, J Monty, K Kevin, A Gunatilaka, M Delaire, GB Marks, AJ Stewardson, L Morawska, BA Edwards, SS Majumdar, K Subbarao, SA Joosten

2025-04-05

Mitigation measures against infectious aerosols are desperately needed. We aimed to: 1) compare germicidal ultraviolet radiation (..

Mandating indoor air quality for public buildings If some countries lead by example, standards may increasingly become normalized

L Morawska, J Allen, W Bahnfleth, B Bennett, PM Bluyssen, A Boerstra, G Buonanno, J Cao, SJ Dancer, A Floto, F Franchimon, T Greenhalgh, C Haworth, J Hogeling, C Isaxon, JL Jimenez, A Kennedy, P Kumar, J Kurnitski, Y Li

2024-03-29

If some countries lead by example, standards may increasingly become normalized.