Airborne and surface-bound microbial contamination in two intensive care units of a medical center in central Taiwan

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1060-1069

  Huang, Ping Yun ^a   Shi, Zhi Yuan ^b   Chen, Chi Hao ^a   Den, Walter ^a   Huang, Hui Mei ^b   Tsai, Jaw Ji ^b  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Airborne pathogens; Hospital environment; Indoor air quality; Intensive care units; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PATHOGENS; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

BACTERIA;

AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE SENSING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; DATA SET; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INDOOR AIR; IONIZATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTION EFFECT;

TAIWAN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84875936115     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.08.0217     Document Type: Article

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