Effect of negative air ions on the potential for bacterial contamination of plastic medical equipment

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Shepherd, Simon J ^a   Beggs, Clive B ^a   Smith, Caroline F ^a   Kerr, Kevin G ^a,b   Noakes, Catherine J ^c   Sleigh, P Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARROGATE DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLONITRILE; PLASTIC; ION;

ACINETOBACTER; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IONIZATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; VENTILATOR; AIR; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER; AIR; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; IONS; PLASTICS;

EID: 77950684428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-92     Document Type: Article

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