Effectiveness of a plasma treatment device on microbial air quality in a hospital ward, monitored by culture.
J Hosp Infect
; 108: 109-112, 2021 Feb.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-918791
ABSTRACT
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.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Air Microbiology
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Air Pollution
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Plasma Gases
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Hospitals
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
J Hosp Infect
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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