Observing and quantifying airflows in the infection control of aerosol- and airborne-transmitted diseases: An overview of approaches

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-222

  Tang, J W ^a   Noakes, C J ^b   Nielsen, P V ^c   Eames, I ^d   Nicolle, A ^a   Li, Y ^e   Settles, G S ^f  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Airflow; Computational fluid dynamics; Mannequin; Schlieren; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRBORNE INFECTION; AIRFLOW; ANEMOMETER; ANEMOMETRY; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING RATE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COUGHING; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; IMAGING; INFECTION CONTROL; MANNEQUIN; OXYGEN MASK; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL ANALOGUE MODEL; PLUME DISPERSION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SCHLIEREN IMAGING; SECONDARY INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULATION; SMOKE; TIDAL VOLUME; VELOCITY; VENTILATOR;

EID: 79951853008     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.09.037     Document Type: Review

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