Bioaerosol exposure to personnel in a clinical environment absent patients

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2016, Pages D11-D15

  Heimbuch, Brian K ^a   Wallace, William H ^a   Balzli, Charles L ^b,e   Laning, Michelle L ^c,f   Harnish, Delbert A ^a   Wander, Joseph D ^d  

^a Engineering Science Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^f Wright Patterson AFB   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; background; hospital; infection; N95 respirator; nosocomial

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; OXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLORIDA; GAS MASK; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLORIDA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXACILLIN; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84954522614     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2015.1091966     Document Type: Article

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