Effect of a novel air disinfection system on airborne micro-organisms in a hospital outpatient clinic

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-99

  O'Brien, D ^a   Stevens, N ^a   Fitzgerald Hughes, D ^a   Humphreys, H ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISINFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIA; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; HUMANS; HYDROXYL RADICAL;

EID: 84455205701     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.08.018     Document Type: Letter

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