Toys are a potential source of cross-infection in general practitioners' waiting rooms

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 475, 2002, Pages 138-140

  Merriman, Eileen ^a   Corwin, Paul ^a   Ikram, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; General practice surgery; Soft toys; Waiting rooms

Indexed keywords

HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHILD CARE; CLEANING; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CROSS INFECTION; DAY CARE; DISINFECTION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIBRARY; NONHUMAN; PLAY; RECREATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS;

EID: 0036163821     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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1. Environmental contamination in child day-care centers
2. The toy trap uncovered
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4. Acute infectious diarrhea among children in day care: Epidemiology and control
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