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Robert Booth

Oncore, Inc.

Biography :

Mr. Booth has over 30 years healthcare compliance experience in infection control, industrial hygiene, and public health. His areas of experience include CMS [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services] and JC [Joint Commission] compliance, medical risk management, surgical safety, infection control, and employee health. He holds graduate degrees in Public Health and Infection Disease Prevention. Mr. Booth is one of the primary authors to the updated ICRA 2.0 form and process guide. He represents ASHE and other organizations including: •HGRC (Health Guidelines Revision Committee), Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals and Outpatient Facilities (2018, 2022, and 2026 edition). •ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers Standards Committee, 170, Ventilation of Health Care Facilities. •ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers Standards Committee, 188, Legionellosis: Risk Management for Building Water Systems.

Presentation :

Mechanical Engineering Track
10: Rethinking Ventilation: Temperature:controlled Air Flow for the Operating Room

Fire Safety Track
29: ICRA [Infection Control Risk Assessment], ILSMs [Interim Life Safety Measures], ALSMs {Alternate Life Safety Measures], and the appropriate fire protection measures to implement.

Mechanical Engineering Track 10: In February of 2023, the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) opened the first phase of a new ambulatory Orthopedics campus. With the goal of creating a world-class facility, the staff optimized every opportunity to innovate and improve upon previous operating room design. Over the last decade a growing body of evidence has demonstrated that conventional Laminar Air Flow (LAF ) ventilation is not effective in protecting patients from the risk of airborne microbial contamination. With this in mind, facilities engineering teamed with orthopedic surgical partners to evaluate a more recent innovation in ventilation, Temperature-controlled Air Flow (TcAF). Through a temperature differential and gravity, TcAF provides robust unidirectional airflow and
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