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Microbial Air Monitoring as a Useful Tool When Commissioning Bone Marrow Transplant Units

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Cesira Pasquarella ,
Pietro Vitali ,
Elisa Saccani ,
Francesco Mariotti ,
Carmine Boccuni ,
Pietro Manotti ,
Manuela Ugolotti  and
Roberto Albertini
Cesira Pasquarella*
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Pietro Vitali
Affiliation:
Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
Elisa Saccani
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Francesco Mariotti
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Carmine Boccuni
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Pietro Manotti
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Manuela Ugolotti
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Aerobiology and Environmental Quality Control, Departments of Clinical Medicine, Nephrology, and Health Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Roberto Albertini
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Aerobiology and Environmental Quality Control, Departments of Clinical Medicine, Nephrology, and Health Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
*
Department of Public Health, University of Parma, Via Volturno 39, 43125 Parma, Italy (ira.pasquarella@unipr.it)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , January 2012 , pp. 101 - 102
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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