Non-touch fittings in hospitals: A procedure to eradicate Pseudomonas aeruginosa contamination

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-239

  van der Mee Marquet, N ^a,b   Bloc, D ^b   Briand, L ^b   Besnier, J M ^c   Quentin, R ^a,b  

^a UFR Médecine   (France)

^b SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^c CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

Author keywords

Non touch taps; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Thermal shock; Water contamination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHLORINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISINFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEAT TREATMENT; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEROTYPING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 20344383485     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.11.023     Document Type: Article

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