Test models for hygienic handrub and hygienic handwash: the effects of two different contamination and sampling techniques

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 163-171

  Rotter, M L ^a   Koller, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hygienic handrub; hygienic handwash; test model

Indexed keywords

PROPANOL; SOAP;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

1-PROPANOL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAND; HANDWASHING; HUMAN; MALE; SOAPS;

EID: 0026563611     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0195-6701(92)90084-Y     Document Type: Article

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