Performances of different types of airflow system in operating theatre;Performances en activité de différents types d'installation de traitement de l'air au bloc opératoire

Annales de Chirurgie

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 316-321

  Talon, D ^a   Schoenleber, T ^a   Bertrand, X ^a   Vichard, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

Airborne particles; Contamination; Operating theatre; Prosthetic orthopaedic surgery; Unidirectional flow

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; KINETICS; LAMINAR AIRFLOW; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; OPERATING ROOM; TURBULENT FLOW; WASTE MANAGEMENT; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRANCE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DECONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FRANCE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; VENTILATION;

EID: 33646799483     PISSN: 00033944     EISSN: 17683157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anchir.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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