Monitoring air sampling in operating theatres: Can particle counting replace microbiological sampling?

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-29

  Landrin, A ^a   Bissery, A ^b   Kac, Guillaume ^a  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Air microbiology; Environmental monitoring; Operating rooms; Particle counting

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFECTION CONTROL; OPERATING ROOMS;

EID: 23044496445     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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