Influence of movements on contaminant transport in an operating room

Indoor Air

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 356-372

  Brohus, H ^a   Balling, K D ^a   Jeppesen, D ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacterial Transport; CFD; Computer Simulated Person; Contaminant Transport; Movements; Operating Room

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; CONTAMINATION; HIP PROSTHESES; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; MIXING; OPERATING ROOMS; SURGERY;

BACTERIAL TRANSPORT; CEMENT MIXING; COMPUTER SIMULATED PERSON; CONTAMINANTS TRANSPORT; HIP REPLACEMENTS; LAMINAR AIRFLOW; MOVEMENT; POTENTIAL RISKS; SURGICAL OPERATION; ULTRA-CLEAN ENVIRONMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33748304333     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2006.00454.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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