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Negative-Pressure Monitoring of Tuberculosis Isolation Rooms Within New York State Hospitals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Nicholas Pavelchak ,
Karen Cummings ,
Rachel Stricof ,
Elizabeth Marshall ,
Margaret Oxtoby  and
Matthew London
Nicholas Pavelchak*
Affiliation:
New York State Department of Health, Center for Environmental Health, Troy, New York Center for Community Health, Albany, New York
Karen Cummings
Affiliation:
New York State Department of Health, Center for Environmental Health, Troy, New York
Rachel Stricof
Affiliation:
Center for Community Health, Albany, New York
Elizabeth Marshall
Affiliation:
New York State Department of Health, Center for Environmental Health, Troy, New York
Margaret Oxtoby
Affiliation:
Center for Community Health, Albany, New York
Matthew London
Affiliation:
New York State Department of Health, Center for Environmental Health, Troy, New York
*
Department of Health, Division of Occupational Health and Environmental Epidemiology, Flanigan Square, 547River St, Room 230 Troy, NY 12180
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Abstract

A previously published study recommended the daily use of visible smoke to test for negative air pressure in isolation rooms occupied by potentially infectious tuberculosis cases. Continuous monitoring devices were found to have poor reliability. Findings from our survey of engineering controls in acute-care hospitals within New York State support this recommendation.

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 8 , August 2001 , pp. 518 - 519
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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