Benefits
Maintaining precise humidity levels in hospitals and healthcare environments has many benefits. It improves health and comfort, safeguards medical equipment and materials, and contributes to a stable, hygienic indoor climate.
Healthy outcomes
Appropriate humidity reduces infection risk, supports healing and ensures patient comfort.
Protect equipment
Humidity control prevents static and damage to sensitive medical devices and materials.
Tailored solutions
Custom humidity control for each hospital zone - from ICUs to surgery rooms and burn units.
Hospitals and healthcare humidity control
Stable Humidity for Infection Control and Patient Wellbeing
Humidity plays a vital role in every healthcare setting—from operating rooms and intensive care units to laboratories and patient rooms.
Dry air increases the risk of infection and causes discomfort, while excess moisture promotes microbial growth. Condair systems maintain 40–60% RH to provide safe, hygienic, and comfortable conditions that protect patients and staff. The result is a stable, healthy indoor environment that supports faster recovery and improved clinical outcomes.
Dry air increases the risk of infection and causes discomfort, while excess moisture promotes microbial growth. Condair systems maintain 40–60% RH to provide safe, hygienic, and comfortable conditions that protect patients and staff. The result is a stable, healthy indoor environment that supports faster recovery and improved clinical outcomes.
Tailored Humidity and Temperature for Every Hospital Zone
Different areas within a hospital require precisely controlled indoor climate conditions. Operating rooms typically maintain 40–60% relative humidity at 68–75°F (20–24°C) to reduce the risk of infection and ensure surgeon comfort. Intensive care units (ICUs) and neonatal units also benefit from 40–60% RH, as it supports patient breathing and helps prevent the drying of mucous membranes. Burn units often operate with significantly higher humidity levels—up to 90% RH—to promote wound healing and improve patient comfort. Laboratories and hospital pharmacies rely on controlled humidity to ensure accurate test results and the stable storage of reagents and medications.
Condair’s flexible portfolio of humidifiers and dehumidifiers—including adiabatic, steam, hybrid, and desiccant systems—can be tailored to the specific requirements of each department, helping healthcare facilities maintain compliance with hospital hygiene standards.
Condair’s flexible portfolio of humidifiers and dehumidifiers—including adiabatic, steam, hybrid, and desiccant systems—can be tailored to the specific requirements of each department, helping healthcare facilities maintain compliance with hospital hygiene standards.
Proven Reliability and Comprehensive Support
Condair's humidifiers and dehumidifiers are designed for maximum reliability, hygiene, and seamless integration into critical healthcare environments.
Compact units and modular installation options make them ideal for space-constrained areas, including rooftops and mechanical rooms.
Condair supports every stage of a humidity control project—from system design and specification to installation, commissioning, and ongoing maintenance. This helps ensure consistent performance and compliance with hospital standards and regulations.
Compact units and modular installation options make them ideal for space-constrained areas, including rooftops and mechanical rooms.
Condair supports every stage of a humidity control project—from system design and specification to installation, commissioning, and ongoing maintenance. This helps ensure consistent performance and compliance with hospital standards and regulations.
Dehumidifiers and Dehumidification for Hospitals
High humidity can cause condensation on cold surfaces, promoting the growth of mold and bacteria and increasing the risk of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). It can also accelerate the degradation of pharmaceuticals and sterile supplies.
Certain healthcare applications may require active dehumidification to achieve particularly low humidity levels. For example, some surgical procedures require drier conditions to optimize surgeon performance and maintain a controlled operating environment.
Condair offers a comprehensive range of dehumidifiers to meet the needs of healthcare facilities, including both desiccant and refrigerant (condensing) technologies.
Certain healthcare applications may require active dehumidification to achieve particularly low humidity levels. For example, some surgical procedures require drier conditions to optimize surgeon performance and maintain a controlled operating environment.
Condair offers a comprehensive range of dehumidifiers to meet the needs of healthcare facilities, including both desiccant and refrigerant (condensing) technologies.
Humidifiers for MRI and CT scanners
MRI suites are tightly controlled, air-conditioned environments and can often experience low humidity. Without humidification, dry air can cause discomfort for patients and staff while increasing the risk of electrostatic discharge (ESD). Static electricity can damage sensitive electronic equipment and may affect imaging performance.
MRI manufacturers typically specify a humidity level of approximately 50% RH ±5% to help protect equipment, prevent component degradation, and maintain image quality. This recommendation is also supported by ASHRAE Standard 170.
Steam humidifiers are commonly used in MRI suites and are typically installed in the equipment or control room adjacent to the scanner room to avoid the strong magnetic fields within the MRI environment. Condair offers a wide range of steam humidifiers that are ideal for MRI and CT imaging applications, along with expert guidance to help healthcare facilities select the appropriate system for their requirements.
MRI manufacturers typically specify a humidity level of approximately 50% RH ±5% to help protect equipment, prevent component degradation, and maintain image quality. This recommendation is also supported by ASHRAE Standard 170.
Steam humidifiers are commonly used in MRI suites and are typically installed in the equipment or control room adjacent to the scanner room to avoid the strong magnetic fields within the MRI environment. Condair offers a wide range of steam humidifiers that are ideal for MRI and CT imaging applications, along with expert guidance to help healthcare facilities select the appropriate system for their requirements.
Use Cases
Humidification Boosts the Immune System
Controlled humidity in buildings protects the self-cleaning function of the mucous membranes, reduces the risk of infection and strengthens the immune system. Dry air promotes respiratory diseases. Additional humidification ensures healthy indoor air and strengthens the immune system.
Humidity Reduces Respiratory Infections
Optimal humidity reduces the risk of respiratory infections, shortens the lifespan of viruses, inhibits the spread of infectious viruses through the air and protects against colds, flu and COVID-19.
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University of Maryland Medical Center
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Green Mountain Surgical Center
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University of Maryland Prince George™s Ambulatory Care and Trauma Unit
UM Prince George's Hospital Center is an acute care teaching hospital and regional referral center. They are committed to sustaining an innovative environment for their providers and students to help them deliver exceptional patient care.
Johns Hopkins University Hospital
The Johns Hopkins University (commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, the university was named after its first benefactor, the American entrepreneur, abolitionist, and philanthropist Johns Hopkins. His $7 million bequest-of which half financed the establishment of The Johns Hopkins Hospital-was the largest philanthropic gift in the history of the United States at the time. Daniel Coit Gilman, who was inaugurated as the institution's first president on February 22, 1876, led the university to revolutionize higher education in the U.S. by integrating teaching and research. Adopting the concept of a graduate school from Germany's ancient Heidelberg University, Johns Hopkins University is considered the first research university in the United States.
VA Fort Worth Outpatient Clinic
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Fred Hutchinson Hospital
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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Phoenix Medical
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Sanford Imagenetics
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South Shore Hospital
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Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center
St. Francis Hospital
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Sharp Memorial Hospital
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UCSF Medical Center
The University of California, San Francisco, is a center of health sciences research, patient care, and education located in San Francisco, California, and is widely regarded as one of the world's leading universities in health sciences.
Vidant Health Foundation
Vidant Medical Center is a hospital located in Greenville, North Carolina. It is the primary teaching hospital for East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine and is the flagship medical center for Vidant Health.
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