Effect of operation room geometry and ventilation system parameter variations on the protection of the surgical site

IAQ Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Memarzadeh, Farhad ^a   Jiang, Zheng ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Flomerics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CHANGE RATES; AIR CHANGES PER HOURS; AIR FLOW MODELING; ARCHIMEDES NUMBER; CEILING HEIGHT; DRIVING FORCES; EFFECT OF OPERATIONS; GEOMETRY CHANGE; GRASHOF; PARTICLE TRACKING; PRIMARY EFFECTS; RATE VARIATION; ROOM GEOMETRIES; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

GEOMETRY; OPERATING ROOMS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VENTILATION;

SURGERY;

EID: 84874165840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21664870     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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