Risks caused by airborne microbes in hospitals - Source control is important

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 41-46

  Kalliokoski, Pentti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Airborne infection; Multi drug resistance; Nosocomial infection; Tuberculosis; Ventilation; Water damage

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LEGIONELLA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0037497171     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X03012001007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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