Development of an empirical model to aid in designing airborne infection isolation rooms

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 198-207

  Hayden II, Charles S ^a   Earnest, G Scott ^b   Jensen, Paul A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne; Infection control; Isolation; Pressure difference; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE SIMULATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

AIR MOVEMENTS; ALGORITHMS; COST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ISOLATION; PATIENTS' ROOMS;

EID: 33846411052     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620601177370     Document Type: Article

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