Reduced fungal contamination of the indoor environment with the Plasmair™ system (Airinspace)

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-162

  Sixt, N ^a   Dalle, F ^a,b   Lafon, I ^c   Aho, S ^a   Couillault, G ^c   Valot, S ^a   Calinon, C ^a   Danaire, V ^a   Vagner, O ^a   Cuisenier, B ^a   Sautour, M ^a   Besancenot, J P ^b   L'Ollivier, C ^a   Caillot, D ^c   Bonnin, A ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c Medical University of Dijon   (France)

Author keywords

Air treatment; Aspergillus; Fungus; Hospital; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS;

EID: 33947721889     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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