Evaluation of airborne operating room bacteria with a Biap slit sampler
- 1 February 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 84 (1) , 37-40
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400026498
Abstract
SUMMARY: A Biap slit sampler and a Casella Mk 2 slit sampler were studied in an orthopaedic operating theatre. Both showed similar bacterial counts in the range of 74–640 c.f.u. (colony forming units)/m3. During operations, an average count of 220 c.f.u./m3 (range 52–482) was obtained. A close relationship was demonstrated between the number of airborne bacteria and the frequency of traffic through doors.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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