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ArticleThe Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale2021

Interventional Effect of Nanosilver Paint on Fungal Load of Indoor Air in a Hospital Ward.

Nasrin Rostami, Hossein Alidadi, Hossein Zarrinfar, Damon Ketabi, Hamed Tabesh

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Article in The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nasrin RostamiPhD Student of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2260-3924
Hossein AlidadiEnvironmental Health Department, Health Sciences Research Center, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2254-495X
Hossein ZarrinfarAllergy Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1449-4668
Damon KetabiDepartment of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9100-6683
Hamed TabeshOccupational Health Department, Health Sciences Research Center, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3081-0488
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences · IRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hospital ward environments contain various types of microorganisms, in which fungal agents are one of the main contaminants that may cause hospital-acquired infections. Regarding this, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of nanosilver paint on reducing fungal contaminants of indoor air in an educational, research, and treatment center. Two rooms in the hematology ward were selected. One room was painted using usual paint (control room) and the other room was painted with paint containing nanosilver particles (experimental room). One hundred and twelve samples were collected using active (Anderson BioSampler) and passive (settle plate or open plate) air sampling techniques. The samples were incubated for 3-7 days at 35°C, and the positive fungal cultures were examined according to morphological and microscopic characteristics. Following active sampling, the mean and standard deviation of the number of colony-forming units (CFU/m

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