An engineering approach to the control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other airborne pathogens: A UK hospital based pilot study

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-146

  Beggs, C B ^a   Kerr, K G ^a   Donnelly, J K ^a   Sleigh, P A ^a   Mara, D D ^a   Cairns, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air disinfection; Airborne pathogens; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nosocomial infection; Tuberculosis; Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation; Ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISINFECTION; HUMAN; MICROCOCCUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALBUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TROPICS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); MICROCOCCUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALBUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VENTILATION;

EID: 0034154462     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90250-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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