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Air, surfaces and copper halos, interstitial microbial zones. Has it been measured; can it be predicted?

Author: Nice, Jako A Date: Jul 2014 Health care associated infection (HAI) bears a great cost burden on countries and contributes to the TB and HIV AIDS epidemic in South Africa. A Meta data analysis of published literature was conducted using keywords and phrases. A total of ... Read more
Appropriate renewable energy for education infrastructure in rural South Africa: The Cofimvaba science centre model

Author: Nice, Jako A Date: Nov 2020 The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has embarked on an innovation investigation through a ministerial initiative brought by the Department of Science and Technology Innovation (DSI). The Cofimvaba Science Centre was ... Read more
Comparison of predicted design efficacy and environmental assessment for tuberculosis care facilities in South Africa

Author: Nice, Jako A ; Kumirai, Tichaona ; Conradie, Dirk CU ; Grobler, Jan-Hendrik Date: Dec 2015 The impact of Tuberculosis (TB) is of epidemic proportions in South Africa (SA) being one of the developing countries. Furthermore, studies seem to indicate that health care facilities are contributing to the spread of Mtb (Eshun-Wilson et ... Read more
Considering healthy indoor environments in the development of human settlements by characterising the building indoor microbiome

Author: Nice, Jako A Date: Dec 2019 As humans we spend up to 90% of our lifes in indoor environments. Considering the rate of urbanisation in South Africa and globally, it would be prudent to consider the health quality of the indoor environments of current and future planned ... Read more
Developing an architectural design microbial risk model (ADMRM) for the built environment

Author: Nice, Jako A Date: Oct 2019 Studies indicate that an estimate eighty five percent of our time is spent indoors, with people sited as the main contributor of bacteria, and consequently pathogenic bacteria in indoor environments. This highlights the significance of the ... Read more
Exploring spatial planning and functional program impact on microbial diversity and distribution in two South African hospital microbiomes

Author: Nice, Jako A ; Vosloo, P Date: Jul 2015 This paper presents a theoretical and experimental research approach on the impact of spatial planning and functional program on the microbial load, distribution and organism diversity in hospital environments. The investigation aims to ... Read more
Hybrid design strategies for recommended indoor air quality: The case of Hillside Clinic, Beaufort West

Author: Van Reenen, Coralie A ; Van Reenen, Tobias H ; Nice, Jako A ; Motsatsi, Lorato L ; Conradie, Dirk CU ; Van Wyk, Llewellyn V ; Bhikoo, Bhikoo, J ; Kuschke, U Date: Oct 2020 The high occupancy that typically occurs in South African clinics, and the accompanying risk of airborne infection, make ventilation and thermal comfort particularly important considerations in the design. Passive (natural) ventilation offers ... Read more
Investigating the impact of architectural planning and functional program on the indoor microbiome. A health concern

Author: Nice, Jako A ; Bole, Sheldon Date: Jul 2016 This paper reports findings for an innovative architectural methodology in spatial analytics, for application in characterising microbial load and distribution to spatial planning and functional use in inhibiting health care acquired infections ... Read more
Microbiology of the Built Environment (MoBE) for architects, a review of applied spatial metrics for application in healthy building design

Author: Nice, Jako A Date: Jul 2020 Humans spend up to 90% of their time in indoor built environments. There is recognition and academic consensus that architectural design impacts both the sources of the microbial communities, (via activity and mix of occupancy), and the ... Read more
The South African legislative environment, in critical need of scientific evidence based alignment for airborne control

Author: Fleming, EJ ; Nice, Jako A Date: Jul 2014 Review of evidence based research indicates that there are best practice principles that can be applied to the design of the built environment with regard to the reduction of the risk of cross infection from airborne diseases in health ... Read more

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