Inefficiency of upward displacement operating theatre ventilation

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 263-272

  Friberg, B ^a,c   Friberg, S ^a   Burman, L G ^b   Lundholm, R ^a   Ostensson R ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c NUS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clothing; Colony counts; Microbiology; Operating rooms; Particle counts; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; DUST; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

EID: 0029819118     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(96)90012-2     Document Type: Article

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