Laminar air flow provides high air quality in the operating field even during real operating conditions, but personal protection seems to be necessary in operations with tissue combustion

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 208, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 455-460

  Hansen, Dorothea ^a   Krabs, Carsten ^b   Benner, Daniel ^a   Brauksiepe, Andreas ^a   Popp, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Anaesthesiology Intensive Care and Palliative Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laminar air flow; Operating theatre; Personal protection; Tissue combustion; Ultra fine particles

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HEALTH HAZARD; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAMINAR AIRFLOW; MEASUREMENT; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OPERATING ROOM; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOM VENTILATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 27344435455     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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