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Air pollution causes patients to spend an average of four extra days in hospital, according to a recent Belgian study. Some hospitals in the UK decide to implement the Airly solution to educate patients and their families and respond to episodes of increased air pollution.
- Impact of air pollution on patients – European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) research
- Prevent by fitting air monitors
- Contact Airly for monitors!
Impact of air pollution on patients – European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) research
The latest research published in the European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) proves that reducing air pollution, even in low concentrations, contributes to better health of patients and medical facility employees, and in many cases also shortens the period of hospital stay of patients.
One of the most important findings from the study is that higher concentrations of air pollutants in the blood of patients are associated with a 36% increase in the likelihood of needing to be hospitalized in an intensive care unit.
Four extra days in hospital due to air pollution in the medical facility means that patients react to the disease as if their bodies were a decade older. You can read the results of the Belgian study here.
“Hello, I’m Airly, a special machine that keeps track of the air you are breathing outside Sheffield Children’s Hospital” – such a message is read by people visiting small patients at a hospital in Sheffield. A special QR code is placed on the information board, after reading which, anyone with a smartphone can download the free Airly application and check the air quality in their surroundings on an ongoing basis. Download the Airly app now. 
Prevent by fitting air monitors
Increasingly, NHS Foundation Trusts across the UK are opting to install air quality monitors to monitor concentrations of key pollutants for patients’ health and to educate patients on the basics of understanding sensor readings through accompanying sensor boards indicating at what level pollutants become dangerous to health.
The monitors recently installed by the NHS Foundation Trust in Sheffield and Derbyshire are a way to clearly raise the alarm about the dangers of pollution, as well as to raise awareness of the impact of air quality on the recovery and well-being of those staying in the facility.
For example, a new sensor monitor at Stanton Vale School in Long Eaton, UK. The school serves children with SLD (Severe Learning Disability). The new monitor measures the current concentrations of PM1, PM2.5, PM10 as well as NO2 and O3.
Contact Airly for monitors!
Recently Global Action Plan (together with Great Ormond St Hospital) designed the Clean Air Hospital Framework. Monitoring air pollution levels at entrances, drop-off zones and pick-up points (as well as showcasing the results and using data to improve air quality) is a key component to becoming a Clean Air Hospital.
If you are an NHS Foundation Trust and are interested in installing an Airly monitor in your facility, please contact us via our contact form.
We are able to install our device in a facility designated by you even within 5 days from the first call. To run the device, all you need is constant access to electricity and a place on or near the building where our external air quality monitor could be placed.