Baseline Air Quality Monitoring for Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Trust

Services Provided             

Temple is providing detailed and specialist air quality monitoring services to St Thomas’ Hospital.  The purpose of Temple's involvement has arisen due to extensive demolition and construction works being proposed at a neighbouring site.

Internal and external air quality monitoring is required due to the demolition of York House and the adjacent Florence Nightingale public house located in close proximity to the hospital campus.  Concern has been raised over the effects the works may have on particulate loading on the air filters at the hospital and consequently the air quality within the hospital. Specialist air quality monitors have been installed at air intake points for the most sensitive wards to measure external Total Suspended Particulates (TSP) and PM₁₀ levels.

The impact of dust ingress on the most sensitive ward locations containing immuno-suppressed patients is also being assessed due to the potential risk to human health.  An internal monitoring programme has been implemented within the hospital to monitor PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 levels. Particulate levels have been used as a proxy method for the monitoring of Aspergillus spores within the sensitive ward environment.

Benefits

Temple has enabled St Thomas’ and Guy’s Hospital Trust to design and implement a successful programme of air quality monitoring for both demolition and construction. Temple has effectively managed the consultation process with the developers.