Comparative efficacy of hand hygiene agents in the reduction of bacteria and viruses [1]

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 558-560

  Rotter, Manfred ^a   Sattar, Syed A ^b   Dharan, Sasi ^c   Webber, Paul ^d   Voss, Andreas ^e   Pittet, Didier ^c,f  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d Webber Training Inc   (Canada)

^e CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; TRICLOSAN; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE;

BACTERIA; DISINFECTANTS; HAND; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; VIRUSES;

EID: 27644450909     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.05.019     Document Type: Letter

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