The bacterial and viral filtration performance of breathing system filters

Anaesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 458-465

  Wilkes, A R ^a   Benbough, J E ^b   Speight, S E ^b   Harmer, M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Equipment; Heat and moisture exchange filters; Infection; Viral

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BREATHING APPARATUS; COLIPHAGE; CROSS INFECTION; FILTER; FILTRATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; BACTERIA; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MICROPORE FILTERS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; VIRUSES;

EID: 0034067283     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2000.01327.x     Document Type: Article

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