During surgery, forced-air systems used to keep patients warm may affect the performance of operating room (OR) ventilation systems—potentially increasing exposure to airborne contaminants. During ...

Each year, about 1500 people die from air-borne infection in hospitals. Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, are now working actively to tackle this problem and reduce the ...

Iranian researcher Sasan Sadrizadeh, at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, in collaboration with an international research team, have published promising results on a new design of hospital ...

Although apparently uncommon, fungal contamination of saline-filled breast implants is readily preventable, according to a study in the July 1 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now ...