Floating aerial blood mists in the operating room

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 181, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 1179-1181

  Ishihama, Kohji ^a   Sumioka, Satoshi ^a   Sakurada, Koichi ^b   Kogo, Mikihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Research Institute of Police Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airborne infection; Blood contaminated aerosol; Electric coagulator; High speed instrument; Operating room

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; CENTRAL AIR-CONDITIONING; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; HIGH-SPEED; HIGH-SPEED INSTRUMENT; LEUCOMALACHITE GREEN; OPERATING ROOM ENVIRONMENT; SURGICAL FIELD; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

AIR CONDITIONING DUCTS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CONTAMINATION; INSTRUMENTS; OPERATING ROOMS; SPEED; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

BLOOD;

MALACHITE GREEN; AEROSOL;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR QUALITY; BLOOD; COAGULATION; FILTER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INDOOR AIR; MEDICINE;

AEROSOL; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD; BLOOD VOLUME; CHEMICAL REACTION; FILTER; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; FILTRATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

AEROSOLS; BLOOD; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FILTRATION; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 77954532934     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.05.110     Document Type: Article

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