Shutting down operating theater ventilation when the theater is not in use: Infection control and environmental aspects

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 596-600

  Dettenkofer, Markus ^a   Scherrer, M ^a   Hoch, V ^a   Glaser, H ^b   Schwarzer, G ^c   Zentner, J ^a   Daschner, F D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Hospital Engineering Department   (Germany)

^c Inst Med Biometr/Med Info   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FILTRATION; GERMANY; HEATING; HIGH EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE AIR FILTRATION; HOSPITAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; OPERATING ROOM; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING, HOSPITAL; OPERATING ROOMS; PARTICLE SIZE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VENTILATION;

EID: 0041930657     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502260     Document Type: Article

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