Correlation between particulate matter and microbial counts in hospital operating rooms

• Main Authors: Mohamed Kamar, Haslinda, Mohd. Zawawi, Fazila, Kamsah, Nazri, Musa, Md. Nor, Tan, Huiyi, Wong, Keng Yinn
• Format: Article
• Published: Advances in Environmental Biology 2018
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/82337/; http://www.aensiweb.com/AEB/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This article presents the findings of an experimental investigation for evaluating correlative relations between particulate matter and microbial concentrations in seven hospital operating rooms. All of the rooms have a positive pressure differential of more than 7 Pa to the adjacent zones. The oper...