Forced-air warming blowers: An evaluation of filtration adequacy and airborne contamination emissions in the operating room

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 321-328

  Albrecht, Mark ^a   Gauthier, Robert L ^b   Belani, Kumar ^c   Litchy, Mark ^d   Leaper, David ^e  

^a Augustine Biomedical and Design   (United States)

^b Anesthesia Specialty Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d CT Associates Inc   (United States)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

filtration; laminar air flow; operating room environmental contamination; patient warming; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

AIR PARTICLE CONTROL; AIRBORNE INFECTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FILTER; FILTRATION; FORCED AIR WARMING BLOWER; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; PARTICLE SIZE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; FILTRATION; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 79955605791     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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