Cleansing effectiveness of electrolyzed water depending on the nursing procedure and degree of hand contamination

Biocontrol Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 173-179

  Takahashi, Yasuko ^a   Takeshita, Akemi ^a   Endo, Miyoko ^a   Sasaki, Minako ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrolyzed water; Handwashing; Infection control; Nursing procedures; Povidone iodine

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; NURSING; SKIN; SOAPS (DETERGENTS);

ELECTROLYZED WATER (EW);

BACTERIA;

POVIDONE IODINE; SOAP; WATER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036858205     PISSN: 13424815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4265/bio.7.173     Document Type: Article

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