Aerobiology in the operating room and its implications for working standards

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-160

  Friberg, B ^a   Friberg, S ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clothing; Colony counts; Microbiology; Operating room; Particle counts; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; DUST; HEAT CONVECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; STANDARDS; SURGERY; VENTILATION; OPERATING ROOMS;

AEROBIOLOGY; CLOTHING; COLONY COUNTS; LAMINAR AIR FLOW; PARTICLE COUNTS;

OPERATING ROOMS; AIR;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DECONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOMS; VENTILATION;

CLOTHING; COLONY COUNTS; CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS; PARTICLE COUNTS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURFACE CONTAMINATIONS; THERMAL CONVECTIONS; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 17844390625     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095441105X9282     Document Type: Article

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