Hospital hygiene procedures: Areas of consensus and ongoing controversies

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL. A, 2001, Pages

  Boyce, J M ^a   Rotter, M L ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COSMETIC; DETERGENT; POLYACRYLIC ACID; PROPANOL; SOAP; WATER;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTISEPSIS; AUSTRIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; DRY SKIN; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SKIN IRRITATION;

EID: 0034925844     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(01)90003-9     Document Type: Editorial

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