Efficacy and tolerability of ClO2-generating gloves

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 857-863

  Barza, Michael ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Carney Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE DIOXIDE; MICROSPHERE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXIDE; POLYETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD INDUSTRY; GLOVE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFECTION CONTROL; LIGHT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SKIN TEST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROSPHERES; OXIDES; POLYETHYLENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VINYL CHLORIDE;

EID: 1642335468     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/382535     Document Type: Article

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