On the applicability of the laminar flow index when selecting surgical lighting

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1976-1983

  Zoon, W A C ^a   van der Heijden, M G M ^a   Loomans, M G L C ^a   Hensen, J L M ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CFD; Experiments; Operating room ventilation; Surgical lighting; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

CFD; CLEAN AIR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; PROJECTED AREA; SIMULATION STUDIES; SMALL ROOMS; SURFACE AREA; SURGICAL LIGHTING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW PATTERNS; LAMINAR FLOW; OPERATING ROOMS;

LIGHTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW PATTERN; INDOOR AIR; LAMINAR FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTILATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77952586222     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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