Efficacy of the Shinki bioclean room for preventing infection in neutropenic patients

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 227-233

  Shinjo, Kaori ^a   Takeshita, Akihiro ^a   Yanagi, Mitsuaki ^a   Yokota, Kazuko ^b   Hirano, Kazumi ^b   Suzuki, Mieko ^b   Ohnishi, Kazunori ^a   Ohno, Ryuzo ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute leukaemia; Bioclean room; Infection; Laminar air flow; Negative air ion; Neutropenia

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEUKEMIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; NEUTROPENIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LEUKEMIA; NEUTROPENIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PATIENT ISOLATORS;

EID: 0036484861     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02095.x     Document Type: Article

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