Negative-Pressure monitoring of tuberculosis isolation rooms within New York State hospitals.
A previously published study recommended the daily use of visible smoke to test for negative air pressure in isolation rooms occupied by potentially infectious tuberculosis cases. Continuous monitoring devices were found to have poor reliability. Findings from our survey of engineering controls in acute-care hospitals within New York State support this recommendation.
Pavelchak
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New York State Department of Health, Center for Environmental Health, Division of Occupational Health and Environmental Epidemiology, Troy 12180, USA.
Cummings
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Stricof
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Marshall
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Oxtoby
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London
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D000399:Air Pressure; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000592:standards*; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital / Q000379:methods; D009518:New York; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010356:Patient Isolation; D010362:Patients' Rooms / Q000592:standards*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012906:Smoke; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission
D012906:Smoke