Terminology in surgical hand disinfection - A new Tower of Babel in infection control [8]

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 269-271

  Kampf, Guenter ^a,b   Goroncy Bermes, P ^c   Fraise, A ^d   Rotter, M ^e  

^a Bode Chemie GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c SCHÜLKE AND MAYR GMBH   (Germany)

^d CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; PROPANOL;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTISEPSIS; CONFUSION; DISINFECTION; HAND WASHING; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MICROFLORA; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CROSS INFECTION; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 13344280925     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.09.020     Document Type: Letter

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