Household cleaning and surface disinfection: New insights and strategies

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 56, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages 70-75

  Exner, Martin ^a,b   Vacata, V ^a   Hornei, B ^a,c   Dietlein, E ^a   Gebel, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b German Society for Hyg/Microbiol ^*  (Germany)

^c Lempfried Lemke   (Germany)

Author keywords

Staphylococcus aureus; Surface cleaning; Surface disinfection

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALIPHATIC AMINE; DETERGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT; GLYCOL; PEROXIDE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SURFACTANT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 1942420218     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2003.12.037     Document Type: Article

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