Sensor-operated faucets: A possible source of nosocomial infection?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 44-46

  Assadian, Ojan ^a   El Madani, Nadja ^a   Seper, Edith ^a   Mustafa, Stefan ^a   Aspöck, Christoph ^a   Koller, Walter ^a   Rotter, Manfred L ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK; SENSOR; SENSOR OPERATED FAUCET; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0036172982     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501969     Document Type: Article

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