Notice of RetractionA Review on Relationship between Airborne Infection and Two Different Ventilation Systems in Hospitals

Notice of Retraction

After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.

We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.

The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.

Displacement ventilation becomes popular in the last two decades and it is claimed that it can provide fresher air and has more energy saving potential than traditional mixing ventilation. It begins to be used in hospital ventilation system in the USA. This paper evaluated scientific studies on measurements and test of displacement, mixing ventilation systems in hospitals, however, these research was conducted in computer simulation or controlled experimental settings. The author suggested that in order to provide evidence supporting the hypothesis that patient and staff had lower risk of acquiring airborne infections in displacement ventilation than mixing ventilation, post occupancy evaluation and field research should be conducted. The author also provided a conceptual research design for future study.