A simple method for tracer containment testing of hospital isolation rooms

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 486-490

  Rydock, James P ^a  

^a Norwegian Bldg Research Institute ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Containment Testing; Performance Testing; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TRACER;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HOSPITAL; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PATIENT ISOLATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 0036285649     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220290035688     Document Type: Article

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