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The use of cylinder model vacuum cleaners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

K. B. Rogers  and
Muriel M. Johnstone
K. B. Rogers
Affiliation:
From the Children's Hospital, Birmingham
Muriel M. Johnstone
Affiliation:
From the Department of Medical Statistics, University of Birmingham
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Cylinder-model vacuum cleaners cause no bacterial contamination of the air, whereas even on oiled floors domestic brooms caused statistically significant contamination of the air when compared with a vacuum cleaner.

The Hoover model 402 was the only machine tested whose bag is never removed, a theoretical as well as a practical advantage. Domestic brooms can destroy an otherwise efficient barrier nursing system and should bo avoided in hospital wards.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 49 , Issue 4 , December 1951 , pp. 497 - 506
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1951

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