Bourbonnais, IL - Dehumidification Rental - Unacceptable Humidity Levels in Surgery Rooms

Porta-Air received a Sunday emergency call from a facility manager requesting 3 dehumidifier rentals for surgery rooms where humidity levels were not within acceptable surgery climate control conditions. When we arrived at the shop to load the equipment, we converted brand new dehumidifiers to rental units. Even though the units were wrapped nicely in a box, we took the extra effort and wiped down all three units with high concentrate desensitizer. Once the rental dehu’s were installed, the humidity levels came down to within the specifications to perform patient surgery the next day.

Properly sizing permanent equipment for critical climate control surgery rooms is a must. With state-of-the-art AC equipment nowadays, variable compressors and smart controls can zero in on the required conditions for surgery rooms. But when the fresh air intake to the room is not working properly for the required amount of ACPH, it can throw off your climate control conditions to perform surgery. In this situation, the fresh outdoor air intake was not operating properly.