Ventilation grilles as a potential source of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus causing an outbreak in an orthopaedic ward at a district general hospital

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-133

  Kumari, D N P ^a   Haji, T C ^c   Keer, V ^a   Hawkey, P M ^a,b   Duncanson, V ^c   Flower, E ^c  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne spread; MRSA; Ventilation system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXHAUST GAS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NURSE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; ROOM VENTILATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; WARD;

EID: 0031840060     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(98)90326-7     Document Type: Article

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