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Several systems of isolation of the infection-prone patient are at present under trial in Great Britain. The units concerned are for transplantation, burns or marrowdepleted patients. In two centres where the isolation depends upon air-flow alone it is too soon to make any assessment except that there appear to be no overwhelming practical difficulties (Lidwell and Towers, 1969; Drewett and Payne, 1969).
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Kay, H.E.M., Byrne, J., Jameson, B., Lynch, J. (1970). Protected Environments and the Use of Antibiotics. In: Mathé, G. (eds) Aseptic Environments and Cancer Treatment. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 29. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-30758-8_3
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