Effectiveness of hand-cleansing agents for removing Acinetobacter baumannii strain from contaminated hands

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 327-331

  Cardoso, Celso Luíz ^a,b   Pereira, Heloise Henriques ^a   Zequim, Juliana Campos ^a   Guilhermetti, Márclo ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; POVIDONE IODINE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032865076     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-6553(99)70052-0     Document Type: Article

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