The Need for Hospital and Medical Humidifiers
Hospitals and clinics must maintain proper humidity levels for the health of their patients and staff. Low or high humidity can threaten safety and efficiency and lead to unnecessary energy costs.
Low Humidity Threatens Health
Most critically, low humidity in clinics and hospitals threatens patient and staff well-being. Infection rates soar as viruses and bacteria are free to roam in dry air.
Dry air complicates the healing process in areas like burn units and maternity wards and can even disrupt surgical procedures through electrostatic discharge (ESD). Hospital-grade humidifiers are crucial in supporting humidity levels.
Excess or Fluctuating Humidity Hinders Efficiency
Humidifying large health care facilities is more complex than pumping the air with water, and quality medical humidifiers are needed to ensure safety and efficiency. Some medical devices are sensitive to humidity fluctuations, and excessive humidity can lead to condensation, mold and additional health risks.
The Resource Cost of Most Hospital Humidifiers
Finally, humidification systems often consume a lot of energy, which can become costly quickly in large health care facilities.
Finding the right balance between the advantages of humidification and the constraints of the hospital budget proves challenging, especially since maintaining the balance between humidity levels is often complicated.
The Self-Evaporative Solution
Self-evaporative technology helps hospitals consistently strike this balance. It can generate tiny water droplets that repel one another, spreading humidification quickly and evenly across the facility.
Prevents ESD Buildup
This stable, non-fluctuating humidification prevents electrostatic discharge (ESD) buildup and contaminants from spreading, preventing equipment malfunction and infections.
Creates Comfort and Accelerates Healing
Maintaining proper humidity levels (40%-60% relative humidity) does more than establish a comfortable atmosphere for patients and staff — it accelerates healing.
Moisturizing the airways alleviates breathing difficulties and promotes tissue formation and cell regeneration. Additionally, humidity can help facilitate oxygen uptake, leading to reduced fatigue and better concentration.
Energy-Efficient Systems
The benefits of self-evaporative humidification far outweigh the costs, which are additionally lowered by the sheer energy efficiency of the self-evaporative process.
Hospitals and clinics can humidify and disinfect facilities or specific rooms with non-wetting moisture at a significantly lower energy cost compared to steam, ultrasonic, atomization and high–pressure humidification methods.
Self-evaporative technology ultimately creates extremely clean, comfortable and controlled environments for a higher quality of care.
Benefits of Hospital and Health Care Facility Humidification Systems
Humidification systems are necessary in hospitals to improve the environment and quality of care. Specifically, maintaining proper humidity levels will:
Improve Patient and Staff Comfort
You can physically feel a difference in the air with a humidification system. Patients will experience more hydrated skin and fewer nosebleeds and sore throats. Staff will also be better protected from spreading illnesses and general environmental discomfort.
Promotes Healing
Proper humidity levels can help alleviate symptoms associated with respiratory issues like bronchitis and asthma. It can also encourage the proper formation of scabs and coagulated blood in wounds.Â
Reduce Airborne Particles
Humidifiers reduce the risk of dry air absorbing airborne particles and microbes, keeping patients and staff safe and preventing infection.
Protect Medical Equipment
High static can cause sparks, damaging sensitive medical equipment. Sparks are also dangerous near running oxygen tanks in patient and operating rooms.
Smart Fog’s Hospital Humidification Systems
Smart Fog offers various medical-grade humidifiers to control your hospital humidity levels. When you order, you can enjoy one-week lead times. Check out our options below.
ES100 Direct Space Humidifier
The ES100 direct space humidifier is modular to merge multiple units and fit your unique needs. Its plug-and-play system is easy to use with minimal components — all you have to do is install it on any wall, and it will convert your space into a clean, comfortable and controlled environment.
TS100 In Duct Humidifier
The TS100 in-duct humidifier offers self-evaporative technology for the whole building. It can fit in new or existing duct systems and creates humidity without fluctuating or requiring intensive maintenance, droplet screens, drain pans and evaporation chambers.
ES100M Portable Industrial Humidifier
The ES100M portable industrial humidifier is on wheels to bring the benefits of humidity to any space. This easy-to-use humidifier generates non-wetting humidity levels between 1% and 99% and sanitizes with any water-dissolving chemical.
MS100 Custom Grid System
Smart Fog offers the MS100 custom hospital grid system to build a humidification solution that meets your facility’s needs. We designed this modular system to cover up to 10,000 square feet, making it ideal for large hospital settings.