Air Quality Monitoring of the Post-Operative Recovery Room and Locations Surrounding Operating Theaters in a Medical Center in Taiwan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Tang, Chin Sheng ^a   Wan, Gwo Hwa ^b  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACINETOBACTER; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMIDITY; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECOVERY ROOM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE;

AIR; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RECOVERY ROOM; TAIWAN;

ACINETOBACTER; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84875755989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061093     Document Type: Article

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