The Brief
Gleneagles Hospital KL needed a thorough, compliance-oriented indoor air quality assessment covering all areas of the hospital, with findings measured against the DOSH Malaysia IAQ guidelines and supplemented by direct input from occupants about their experience of the indoor environment.
What We Did
Airscan conducted the assessment over 18 days across all three hospital buildings, working through almost every department to build a complete picture of air quality conditions throughout the facility. Alongside the physical measurements, occupant interviews were carried out to capture how staff experienced their working environment – combining instrument data with firsthand accounts of comfort and symptoms to give the assessment a fuller basis for evaluation.
How It Works
An assessment of this scope – multiple buildings, diverse department types, 18 consecutive days – is designed to capture the variation that a shorter or more selective campaign would miss. Different areas of a hospital operate under different pressures: wards, operating theatres, administrative offices, and public-facing spaces all have distinct occupancy patterns, ventilation demands, and potential contamination sources. Running measurements across all of them, in parallel with occupant interviews, produces findings that reflect the real day-to-day picture rather than a best-case snapshot. Benchmarking against the DOSH Malaysia guidelines provides the compliance reference point the hospital needs to understand where it stands and what, if anything, requires attention.
Outcomes
The assessment delivered a department-by-department view of indoor air quality conditions across Gleneagles Hospital KL, with results compared against the DOSH Malaysia IAQ guidelines and cross-referenced with occupant feedback. The process also served an awareness function – introducing the concepts of indoor air quality and sick building syndrome to hospital occupants, giving staff a more informed understanding of the environment they work in.
