Hospital Isolation System for Preventing Cross-Contamination by Staphylococcal and Pseudomonas Organisms in Burn Wounds

Haynes, B. W.; Hench, Miles E.

doi:10.1097/00000658-196510000-00009

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“…Permanent bricks and mortar units have been described (Bagshawe, 1964;Mathe, Amiel, and Schwarzenberg, 1964;Bowie et al, 1964;James et al, 1967), but suffer microbiologically by the necessary entry of medical and nursing personnel. Haynes and Hench were the first to use a mobile plastic film isolation unit, and showed a reduction in crossinfection in the treatment of burns (Haynes and Hench, 1965). Schwartz and Perry (1966) later demonstrated the suitability of the same plastic isolator for cancer patients undergoing intensive chemotherapy.…”

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Care and observation of a germ-free neonate.

Barnes¹,

Bentovim²,

Hensman³

et al. 1969

Archives of Disease in Childhood

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Care and observation of a germ-free neonate.

Barnes¹,

Bentovim²,

Hensman³

et al. 1969

Archives of Disease in Childhood

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“…In recent years, interest has been aroused in the use of various types of isolation units for those patients who have a high risk of acquiring infection from the hospital environment. Isolation units have been under investigation for the prophylaxis of infection in patients undergoing surgery, in patients recovering from bone marrow transplantation, in patients with bum wounds, and in patients receiving cancer chemotherapy (8,12,13,16,20,22).…”

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Microbiological Evaluation of Protected Environments During Patient Occupancy

Bodey¹,

Johnston²

1971

Applied Microbiology

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Microbiological monitoring has been conducted in two life island (LI) units and two laminar airflow (LAF) rooms while they were occupied by patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy. There were only 5 organisms per 1,000 ft3 of air sampled in LAF rooms, 31 organisms in LI units, and over 3,000 organisms in regular hospital rooms. None of the floor samples obtained from hospital rooms was sterile, compared to over 70% in LAF rooms. The rate of deposition of organisms onto settling plates was one organism per 4.5 hr in LAF rooms compared to one organism per 0.08 hr in hospital rooms. Potential pathogens were isolated much more frequently from environmental samples obtained from hospital rooms than from LI units or LAF rooms. Two sites of persistent contamination arose in the LAF rooms: the vinyl tile flooring and the water supply system. Over half of the potential pathogens cultured from the protected environment units were cultured initially from the patients who occupied the units.

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