ArticleBone marrow transplantation2007
The utility of intensified environmental surveillance for pathogenic moulds in a stem cell transplantation ward during construction work to monitor the efficacy of HEPA filtration.
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- Guideline
- Guidelines for preventing infectious complications among hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients: a global perspective.Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation · 2009Guideline
- Social determinants of health as drivers of fungal disease.EClinicalMedicine · 2023Review
- What's New in Prevention of Invasive Fungal Diseases during Hospital Construction and Renovation Work: An Overview.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Update on Respiratory Fungal Infections in Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease and after Lung Transplantation.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Review
- Monitoring of Particle Environmental Pollution and Fungal Isolations During Hospital Building-Work Activities in a Hematology Ward.Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases · 2019Article
- A Quasi-Experimental Study Analyzing the Effectiveness of Portable High-Efficiency Particulate Absorption Filters in Preventing Infections in Hematology Patients during Construction.Turkish journal of haematology : official journal of Turkish Society of Haematology · 2016Article
- Invasive Aspergillus infections in allo-SCT recipients: environmental sampling, nasal and oral colonization and galactomannan testing.Bone marrow transplantation · 2010Article
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Abstract
A 12-week environmental study was performed to ensure that the patient rooms of an SCT ward with high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtration remained uncontaminated by moulds during close-by construction work. The sampling included measuring the ventilation channel pressure, particle count measurements, air sampling, settled dust analysis and fungal cultures from the oral and nasal cavities of the patients. No changes in the air pressure occurred. Median particle counts in patient rooms were 63-420 particles/l. The mean particle count of the outside air was 173,659 particles/l. Patient room air samples were negative for aspergilli in 32 of 33 cases. All samples of the outside air were positive for moulds. Aspergillus fumigatus was isolated at the beginning of excavation works at the construction area and in two of 33 dust samples from patient rooms. All 70 nasal samples were negative. Of 35 mouth samples, one sample was positive for A. niger in a patient with a previously diagnosed aspergillus infection. During a median follow-up of 214 days, no invasive aspergillus infections were diagnosed in the 55 patients treated during the construction period. In conclusion, the HEPA filters seemed to have performed well in preventing an aspergillosis outbreak.
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