#29 Go With the "Air" Flow: Ventilation and Filtration for Infection Prevention and Control

Since Pliny, the Elder of ancient Rome, the effects of proper and improper ventilation techniques have been observed. As the world continues to transform, so too has the industrial hygiene profession and its overlap with infection prevention. Join us for a conversation with Lewis Johnson MS, CIH, CIC, FAPIC, on everything you wanted to know and more about air ventilation and filtration. This topic is particularly relevant given the challenges of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, changing standards, and applications of filtration/ventilation best practices in non-healthcare settings like public schools, office buildings, and airplanes. Hosted by: Silvia Quevedo,CAE About our Guest: Lewis Johnson, MS, CIH, CIC, FAPIC Lewis is certified in both industrial hygiene and infection control and has a Master of Science in Industrial Health from the University of Michigan. He works for the Lee Health System in Fort Myers, Florida where he is the interim director for environmental standards. His primary focus is environmental infection control including water hygiene and quality, ventilation and filtration, cleaning, disinfection, and pharmacy environments. He wrote the current construction and renovation chapter for the APIC Text Online and chapters on dust control and equipment resources for the APIC Infection Prevention Manual for Construction and Renovation. He frequently presents on industrial hygiene topics to infection preventionists and on infection prevention topics to industrial hygienists. He is a past member of the APIC Practice Guidance Committee, a Fellow of APIC, and a member and past Chair of the American Industrial Hygiene Association Healthcare Working Group. He serves on the ASHRAE committees 188 Legionellosis: Risk Management for Building Water Systems, and 514 Risk Management for Building Water Systems: Physical, Chemical, and Microbial Hazards. He was on the Steering Committee for the FGI Emergency Conditions guide and a member of the FGI 2022 Health Guidelines Revision Committee.