Microbiological commissioning and monitoring of operating theatre suites. A report of a working party of the Hospital Infection Society

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-28

  Hoffman, P N ^a   Williams, J ^b   Stacey, A ^c   Bennett, A M ^d   Ridgway, G L ^e   Dobson, C ^b   Fraser, I ^f   Humphreys, H ^g  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Welsh Health Supplies   (United Kingdom)

^c Reading Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CERTIFICATION; CLEANING; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; VELOCITY; WORKPLACE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; INFECTION CONTROL; OPERATING ROOMS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; VENTILATION;

EID: 0346622374     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1237     Document Type: Article

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