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Effectiveness of a plasma treatment device on microbial air quality in a hospital ward, monitored by culture

This study analysed the effectiveness of plasma treatment on airborne bacteria and surface counts during a 14-day intervention within a four-bedded bay in an adult respiratory ward at Cork University Hospital, Ireland. One-hundred-litre air samples were collected twice daily every weekday for 4 week...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Fennelly, M., O'Connor, D.J., Hellebust, S., Murphy, N., Casey, C., Eustace, J., Plant, B.J., Sodeau, J.R., Prentice, M.B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Healthcare Infection Society. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7658605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33188867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2020.11.006
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Sumario:This study analysed the effectiveness of plasma treatment on airborne bacteria and surface counts during a 14-day intervention within a four-bedded bay in an adult respiratory ward at Cork University Hospital, Ireland. One-hundred-litre air samples were collected twice daily every weekday for 4 weeks, with settle plates and surface swabs. The plasma treatment did not have an effect on airborne bacteria and fungi that was detectable by culture. However, the possibility that culture-based sampling may be insufficiently sensitive to detect an effect, or that the duration of the study was insufficient for plasma treatment to affect a complex environment, cannot be excluded.