title: [Quantitative assessment of fungal risk in the case of construction works in healthcare establishments: Proposed indicators for the determination of the impact of management precautions on the risk of fungal infection].
abstract: Construction works in healthcare establishments produce airborne fungal spores and considerably increase the risk of exposure of immunosuppressed patients. It is necessary to reinforce protective measures, or even to implement specific precautions, during this critical phase. The aim of these precautions is to protect both those areas, which are susceptible to dust, and patients at risk of a fungal infection particularly invasive aspergillosis. When construction works are planned in healthcare establishments, the first step consists in the characterisation of the environmental fungal risk and the second one in proposing risk management methods. It is then essential to establish impact indicators in order to evaluate the risk management precautions applied. The working group promoted by the French societies of medical mycology and hospital hygiene (SFMM & SF2H) details here both environmental and epidemiological impact indicators that can be used.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de parasitologie-mycologie, Inserm U1085, université de Rennes 1, CHU de Rennes, 2, rue Henri-Le-Guilloux, 35033 Rennes cedex 09, France. Jean-pierre.gangneux@univ-rennes1.fr
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authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Gangneux
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authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Adjidé
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authors.lastname: Bernard
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authors.lastname: Botterel
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authors.lastname: Carel
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authors.lastname: Castel
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authors.lastname: Derouin
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authors.lastname: Labussière
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authors.lastname: Lafaurie
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authors.lastname: Millon
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authors.lastname: Pottecher
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authors.lastname: Thiebaut
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mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology / Q000592:standards*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D009181:Mycoses / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors