Evaluation of a new mobile system for protecting immune-suppressed patients against airborne contamination

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 460-466

  Poirot, Jean Louis ^a   Gangneux, Jean Pierre ^b   Fischer, Alain ^c   Malbernard, Mireille ^c   Challier, Svetlana ^d   Laudinet, Nicolas ^e   Bergeron, Vance ^f  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d Service de Microbiologie   (France)

^e irInSpace SAS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PURIFICATION;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DECONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRANCE; FUNGI; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFECTION CONTROL; MYCOSES;

EID: 34548303936     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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