Does disinfection of environmental surfaces influence nosocomial infection rates? A systematic review

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 84-89

  Dettenkofer, Markus ^a   Wenzler, Sibylle ^a   Amthor, Susanne ^a   Antes, Gerd ^b   Motschall, Edith ^c   Daschner, Franz D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c Inst of Med Biometr/Med Info   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT;

COHORT ANALYSIS; DISINFECTION; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 1842780978     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2003.07.006     Document Type: Article

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