Efficiency of hand drying for removing bacteria from washed hands: Comparison of paper towel drying with warm air drying

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 316-320

  Yamamoto, Yukiko ^a   Ugai, Kazuhiro ^a   Takahashi, Yasuko ^b  

^a Department of Physiology and Biochemistry   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HAND; HANDWASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; PAPER;

EID: 15944368287     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502546     Document Type: Article

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