Long-term surveillance of air quality in medical center operating rooms

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 302-308

  Wan, Gwo Hwa ^a   Chung, Feng Fang ^b   Tang, Chin Sheng ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

bioaerosol; carbon dioxide; hospital indoor air; Nosocomial infection; particulate matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACINETOBACTER; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMIDITY; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROCOCCUS; MORAXELLA; NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; PARTICULATE MATTER; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TAIWAN;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BACTERIAL LOAD; CARBON DIOXIDE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; OPERATING ROOMS; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79955595432     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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