Identification of factors that disrupt negative air pressurization of respiratory isolation rooms

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 191-195

  Pavelchak, Nicholas ^a   DePersis, Ronald P ^a   London, Matthew ^a   Stricof, Rachel ^a   Oxtoby, Margaret ^a   DiFerdinando, George ^a   Marshall, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AIR PRESSURE; HUMANS; NEW YORK; PATIENT ISOLATION; PATIENTS' ROOMS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034146803     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501742     Document Type: Article

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