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VOC Contamination in Hospital, from Stationary Sampling of a Large Panel of Compounds, in View of Healthcare Workers and Patients Exposure Assessment
Vincent Bessonneau et al.
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0055535CLM-HOSPITAL-001 · VERIFIED
Alcohols in hospital air
In indoor air sampled at six sites of a French teaching hospital, including the reception hall, the main compounds found were alcohols, chiefly ethanol and isopropanol, together with ethers and ketones; alcohol levels varied greatly over time, probably because of the intensive use of alcohol-based hand rubs.
One hospital sampled over three days; sites included a reception hall and care areas rather than corridors, and it measures air composition, not odour.
The statement the claim rests on was found word for word in the abstract fetched from the named service, and an editor read the full abstract against every part of the claim. Abstract from Europe PMC (ebi.ac.uk/europepmc).
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