Improving natural ventilation in hospital waiting and consulting rooms to reduce nosocomial tuberculosis transmission risk in a low resource setting.

A Roderick EscombeEduardo TiconaVíctor Chávez-PérezManuel EspinozaDavid A J Moore

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)

Simple modifications to existing hospital infrastructure considerably increased natural ventilation, and greatly reduced modelled TB transmission risk at little cost.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
healthcare
adverse drug
respiratory failure
intensive care unit
hiv aids
acinetobacter baumannii
staphylococcus aureus
cystic fibrosis
pseudomonas aeruginosa
electronic health record