Measurement of Indoor Air Quality in Visitor Areas of a Medical Faculty Hospital and Mapping with Geographic Information System (GIS)

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 7 Sayı: 3, 475 - 487, 31.12.2025

Esra Çiçek , Hasan Küçükkendirci , Yasemin Durduran , Süleyman Savaş Durduran , Tansu Alkan İlçin

https://doi.org/10.47112/neufmbd.2026.107

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Objective: This study aimed to map the hospital's indoor air quality data using GIS.
Material and methods: This study is a descriptive study that includes indoor air quality data of a medical faculty hospital. GIS technology was used in the analysis.
Results: In summer, indoor air quality PM10 values of the hospital performed in the basement floor of the hospital include gastroenterology polyclinic; gynecology and obstetrics polyclinic on the ground floor; eye polyclinic secretariat, cardiology polyclinic, gynecology and obstetrics entrance areas on the first floor: in autumn, basement floor of the hospital include endoscopy and kidney stone crushing unit; brain and nerve surgery polyclinic on the ground floor; cardiology polyclinic, eye polyclinic secretariat, X-ray, ear nose and throat polyclinic secretariat areas on the first floor: in winter, basement floor of the hospital include gastroenterology polyclinic, endocrinology and metabolic diseases outpatient clinic, plastic reconstructive and aesthetic surgery polyclinic, endoscopy and kidney stone crushing unit; brain and nerve surgery polyclinic on the ground floor; eye polyclinic secretariat, ear nose and throat polyclinic secretariat, cardiology polyclinic, gynecology and obstetrics entrance areas on the first floor: in the spring, the PM value increases in the endoscopy and kidney stone crushing unit on the basement floor; pregnant polyclinic, brain and nerve surgery polyclinic on the ground floor; the ear nose and throat polyclinic secretariat areas on the first floor.
Conclusion: It was observed that a few of the indoor air quality parameters in the hospital did not comply with the standards.

Anahtar Kelimeler

GIS technology , Hospital , Indoor air quality , Particulate matter

Etik Beyan

Necmettin Erbakan University Drug and Non-Medical Device Research Ethics Committee's approval was obtained on September 15, 2023, decision no: 2023/4525. Later, due to the addition, subtraction and title change of researchers, ethics committee approval was obtained from Necmettin Erbakan University Pharmaceutical and Non-Medical Device Research Ethics Committee on July 19, 2024, decision no: 2024/5120.

Destekleyen Kurum

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Proje Numarası

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Teşekkür

Particle Counter PCE-PCO1 (particulate matter meter measuring device) was provided by Prof. Dr. Şükrü DURSUN, Lecturer of Environmental Engineering at Konya Technical University and we would like to thank him.

Bir Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesinde Ziyaretçilere Açık Alanlarda İç Ortam Hava Kalitesinin Ölçülmesi ve Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemi (CBS) ile Haritalanması

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Amaç: Bu çalışma, CBS kullanarak hastanenin iç ortam hava kalitesi verilerini haritalamayı amaçlamıştır.
Materyal ve metot: Bu çalışma, bir tıp fakültesi hastanesinin iç ortam hava kalitesi verilerini içeren tanımlayıcı bir çalışmadır. Analizlerde CBS teknolojisi kullanılmıştır.
Bulgular: Yaz mevsiminde, hastanenin bodrum katında yer alan gastroenteroloji polikliniği; zemin katta bulunan kadın hastalıkları ve doğum polikliniği; birinci katta ise göz polikliniği sekreterliği, kardiyoloji polikliniği ile kadın hastalıkları ve doğum giriş alanlarında, sonbahar mevsiminde, bodrum katta yer alan endoskopi ve taş kırma ünitesi; zemin katta beyin ve sinir cerrahisi polikliniği; birinci katta ise kardiyoloji polikliniği, göz polikliniği sekreterliği, röntgen, kulak burun boğaz polikliniği sekreterliği alanlarında, kış mevsiminde, bodrum katta gastroenteroloji polikliniği, endokrinoloji ve metabolizma hastalıkları polikliniği, plastik rekonstrüktif ve estetik cerrahi polikliniği ile endoskopi ve taş kırma ünitesi; zemin katta beyin ve sinir cerrahisi polikliniği; birinci katta ise göz polikliniği sekreterliği, kulak burun boğaz polikliniği sekreterliği, kardiyoloji polikliniği ve kadın hastalıkları ve doğum giriş alanlarında, ilkbahar mevsiminde ise bodrum katta yer alan endoskopi ve taş kırma ünitesinde; zemin katta gebe polikliniği ile beyin ve sinir cerrahisi polikliniğinde; birinci katta ise kulak burun boğaz polikliniği sekreterliği alanlarında PM10 değerlerinin yükseldiği tespit edilmiştir.
Sonuç: Hastanedeki iç ortam hava kalitesi parametrelerinden birkaçının standartlara uygun olmadığı görülmüştür.

Anahtar Kelimeler

CBS teknolojisi , Hastane , İç ortam hava kalitesi , Partiküler madde

Proje Numarası

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