BROAD Negative Pressure Isolation (NPI) Facility
In response to the COVID-19 emergency, BROAD has combined our expertise in prefabricated structural material with HVAC and air purification to develop a unique Negative Pressure Isolation (NPI) facility. It can be an extension to an existing hospital, or a standalone treatment facility.
BROAD’s NPI Rooms are prefabricated using our “B-CORE” hardened stainless steel which is lighter yet far stronger than carbon steel. Prefabrication of the entire facility enables a very fast installation on site, up to 1 floor per day once the prefabricated slabs are on-site and the foundation is prepared. In addition to the speed of construction and durability of the structure, BROAD NPI Rooms offer additional distinct benefits:
- The use of BROAD’s Negative Pressure Isolation technology: NPI lowers the pressure in treatment rooms – air comes in but cannot escape. Building exhaust air is vented out after being treated with ozone to kill the virus.
- Every ward is equipped with an electrostatic cleaner which releases hi-voltage static electricity that kills any virus or bacteria, and has a filtering system with a PM 0.3-2.5 filtration rate of 99.9%. Safe and reliable disinfection of the air in the wards and medical staff areas prevents cross infection which is such a danger to medical staff today.
- BROAD NPI hospitals provides 100% fresh air with no recycled air, along with comprehensive disinfection and prevent cross infection which is such a danger to medical staff today.
- We can provide an 800 bed NPI hospital in just 80 days, including prefabrication, shipping and construction.
- An NPI facility can be an expansion to an existing hospital, or it can be an isolated treatment facility.
- BROAD NPI facilities can easily scale from 200 beds up to 2100 beds, and provides the highest value at the lowest cost – about 1/10 the cost of other negative pressure facilities per bed.
The BROAD NPI facility is engineered to protect our medical professionals, allowing them to provide the best care in the safest setting.
In March we built a 24 bed hospital for the Seoul National University Hospital for the treatment of severe COVID-19 cases. The entire project cycle from contract to completion took just 23 days, and the on-site construction was completed in just 2 days. Here is the project, from factory to on-site installation:
The BROAD NPI Rooms were engineered to protect our heroic front line medical staff, and to enable the treatment of severe cases in the safest environment possible.