EFFECT OF IONIZATION ON MICROBIAL AIR-POLLUTION IN THE DENTAL CLINIC

被引：17

作者：

GABBAY, J ^{[1
]}

BERGERSON, O ^{[1
]}

LEVI, N ^{[1
]}

BRENNER, S ^{[1
]}

ELI, I ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] TEL AVIV UNIV,MAURICE & GABRIELA GOLDSCHLEGER SCH DENT MED,OPERAT DENT SECT,IL-69978 TEL AVIV,ISRAEL

来源：

ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH | 1990年 / 52卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0013-9351(05)80154-9

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

The use of spray-producing instruments in the dental clinic continuously creates a potentially harmful contamination of the room environment. In the present study a 13.5-kV corona discharge ionizing generator was used in order to investigate the effect of ions on the microbial air pollution of the dental clinic. Samples of microbial air population were collected in 9-cm-diameter plates containing either Bacto-Brain Heart Infusion Agar or Bacto-Mitis Salivarius Agar and exposed to different time periods in various locations of an active dental clinic. Microbial air levels in the dental clinic were significantly reduced with the generator (by 40-50%). The data suggest that the ionizing generator can be used to reduce the microbial air pollution within the dental clinic, thus reducing the environmental hazard of infections to the staff. © 1990 Academic Press, Inc. All rights reserved.

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页码：99 / 106

页数：8

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