Preventing invasive fungal infection during hospital building works

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6 B, 2008, Pages 538-541

  Chang, C C ^a   Athan, E ^b,c   Morrissey, C O ^a,d   Slavin, M A ^a,e,f  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Barwon Health ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Building works; HEPA filtration; Invasive fungal infection; Nosocomial outbreaks

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; FILTER; HIGH EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE AIR FILTER; HOSPITAL BUILDING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; MYCOSES;

EID: 46149121761     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2008.01727.x     Document Type: Review

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