Risk of bioaerosol contamination with Aspergillus species before and after cleaning in rooms filtered with high-efficiency particulate air filters that house patients with hematologic malignancy

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1066-1070

  Lee, Linda D ^a   Berkheiser, Matthew ^a   Jiang, Ying ^a   Hackett, Brenda ^a   Hachem, Ray Y ^a   Chemaly, Roy F ^a   Raad, Issam I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CLEANING; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FILTER; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INFECTION CONTROL; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR MOVEMENTS; ASPERGILLUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FILTRATION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 300 TO 499; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PARTICLE SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VENTILATION;

EID: 34548333566     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519866     Document Type: Article

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