Performance evaluation of a novel personalized ventilation-personalized exhaust system for airborne infection control

Indoor Air

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 176-187

  Yang, J ^a   Sekhar, S C ^a   Cheong, K W D ^a   Raphael, B ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Airborne transmission; Exhalation air; Healthcare setting; Infection control; Personalized exhaust; Personalized ventilation

Indexed keywords

EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE); VENTILATION; VENTILATION EXHAUSTS;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION; EXHALATION AIR; EXHALED AIRS; HEALTHCARE SETTING; HEALTHY PERSONS; INFECTION CONTROL; PERSONALIZED EXHAUST; PERSONALIZED VENTILATION; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

HEALTH CARE;

AIR CONDITIONING; EXHALATION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MANIKIN; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; EXHALATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MANIKINS; VENTILATION;

EID: 84925135437     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12127     Document Type: Article

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