ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Microbial Air Quality in Healthcare Facilities.
Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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15 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Airborne Fungal Monitoring in Healthcare Environments: A Systematic Review.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Metagenomic profiling of airborne microbial communities from aircraft filters and face masks.Microbiome · 2025Article
- Elimination of Airborne Microorganisms Using Compressive Heating Air Sterilization Technology (CHAST): Laboratory and Nursing Home Setting.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- How Long Do Microorganisms Survive and Persist in Food? A Systematic Review.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Role of Antimicrobial Air Purifier in Reducing the Microbial Load in the Critical Care Unit in Oncology Center: An Intervention Study.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2025Article
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- Hospital-borne hazardous air pollutants and air cleaning strategies amid the surge of SARS-CoV-2 new variants.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Study on the Effectiveness of a Copper Electrostatic Filtration System "Aerok 1.0" for Air Disinfection.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Bacterial Contamination of Environmental Surfaces of Veterinary Rehabilitation Clinics.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Assessment of airborne bacteria from a public health institution in Mexico City.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- A comprehensive review of microbial contamination in the indoor environment: sources, sampling, health risks, and mitigation strategies.Frontiers in public health · 2023Review
- No-Touch Automated Disinfection System Based on Hydrogen Peroxide and Ethyl Alcohol Aerosols for Use in Healthcare Environments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Microbial Contamination and Survival Rate on Different Types of Banknotes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Microbial Air Monitoring in Turbulent Airflow Operating Theatres: Is It Possible to Calculate and Hypothesize New Benchmarks for Microbial Air Load?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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6 authors.
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Abstract
There is increasing evidence that indoor air quality and contaminated surfaces provide an important potential source for transmission of pathogens in hospitals. Airborne hospital microorganisms are apparently harmless to healthy people. Nevertheless, healthcare settings are characterized by different environmental critical conditions and high infective risk, mainly due to the compromised immunologic conditions of the patients that make them more vulnerable to infections. Thus, spread, survival and persistence of microbial communities are important factors in hospital environments affecting health of inpatients as well as of medical and nursing staff. In this paper, airborne and aerosolized microorganisms and their presence in hospital environments are taken into consideration, and the factors that collectively contribute to defining the infection risk in these facilities are illustrated.
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