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Room ventilation and the risk of airborne infection transmission in 3 health care settings within a large teaching hospital

BACKGROUND: Room ventilation is a key determinant of airborne disease transmission. Despite this, ventilation guidelines in hospitals are not founded on robust scientific evidence related to the prevention of airborne transmission. METHODS: We sought to assess the effect of ventilation rates on infl...

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Autores principales: Knibbs, Luke D., Morawska, Lidia, Bell, Scott C., Grzybowski, Piotr
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Mosby, Inc. 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7115323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21658810
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2011.02.014