Risk assessment of hand washing efficacy using literature and experimental data

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 305-313

  Montville, Rebecca ^a   Chen, Yuhuan ^a   Schaffner, Donald W ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Hand washing; Risk assessment; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; SOAP;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CATERING SERVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SERVICES; HAND; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES;

EID: 0037061073     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(01)00666-3     Document Type: Article

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