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An easy tool to assess ventilation in health facilities as part of air-borne transmission prevention: a cross-sectional survey from Uganda

BACKGROUND: No guidelines exist on assessing ventilation through air changes per hour (ACH) using a vaneometer. The objective of the study was to evaluate the position and frequency for measuring air velocity using a vaneometer to assess ventilation with ACH; and to assess influence of ambient tempe...

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Autores principales:	Brouwer, Miranda, Katamba, Achilles, Katabira, Elly Tebasoboke, van Leth, Frank
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5415815/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28468649 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2425-6

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