Near-patient sampling to assist infection control—a case report and discussion

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Tang, Julian W ^a,b   Hoyle, Elizabeth ^a   Moran, Sammy ^a   Pareek, Manish ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Air sampling; Airborne; Face masks; Infection control; Limit of detection; Personal protective equipment; Respiratory; Sensitivity; Transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AIR SAMPLING; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGEN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRUS;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE VIRUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION;

ADENOVIRIDAE;

ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; CHILD; DNA, VIRAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 85041536977     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15020238     Document Type: Article

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