Different types of door-opening motions as contributing factors to containment failures in hospital isolation rooms.

Hospital isolation rooms are vital for the containment (when under negative pressure) of patients with, or the protection (when under positive pressure) of patients, from airborne infectious agents. Such facilities were essential for the management of highly contagious patients during the 2003 sever...

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Main Authors: Julian W Tang, Andre Nicolle, Jovan Pantelic, Christian A Klettner, Ruikun Su, Petri Kalliomaki, Pekka Saarinen, Hannu Koskela, Kari Reijula, Panu Mustakallio, David K W Cheong, Chandra Sekhar, Kwok Wai Tham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3691190?pdf=render