Operating Theatre

We go into the heart of a hospital to find out about clean air in the operating theatre.

Hear how Dublin city’s leading hospital and university collaborated on a new piece of research which photographed air flows around the patient and doctors and how they went about reducing the effects of aerosols. 

• What aerosols are found in the operating theatre
• Situational aspects which need to be considered - How they photographed air flow
• Their solution which captures 99.995% of containment

GUESTS

Professor Ronan Cahill is the Professor of Surgery at University College Dublin, and the Mater Misericordiae Hospital. He is a recipient of both the Bennett and Millen Medals and has authored over 150 peer reviewed publications. His passion is Surgical Innovation and New Technologies and works on research partnerships both nationally and internationally. 

Dr Kevin Nolan studied Aeronautical Engineering at University of Limerick and obtained a PhD in experimental fluid mechanics at the Stokes Institute. He was a Marie Curie fellow at Imperial College London working with large datasets of turbulent flow simulations. He’s also worked with microfluidics and optics in the biotech and telecommunications sectors. 

Read more about their research on the British Journal of Surgery and Camfil.com:
British Journal of Surgery
Further Details at Camfil.com