Microbial Contamination of a Diving Suit

Pathogenic micro-organisms can easily transfer from the surface of a diver’s skin onto the surfaces of a protective suit. A long-term stay in a hyperbaric chamber during a saturation dive increases the risk of infection if in the chamber there is even a single carrier of disease-causing pathogens.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dąbrowiecki Zbigniew, Dąbrowiecka Małgorzata, Olszański Romuald, Siermontowski Piotr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2018-03-01
Series:Polish Hyperbaric Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/phr-2018-0005