Mobile air-decontamination unit and filamentous fungal load in the hematology ward: how efficient at the low-activity mode?

Air treatment with a mobile Plasmair air-decontamination unit significantly reduces the fungal spore load in hematology wards. We report that this system used at a low aspiration flow does not perform total biodecontamination against filamentous fungi. moreover, the filamentous fungus load remaining in rooms equipped with this mobile air-decontamination unit is lowest in wards in which other preventive measures against nosocomial filamentous fungal infections are implemented. Copyright (C) 2009 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (Am J Infect Control 2009;37:680-2.)