The antibacterial action of cloths and sanitizers and the use of environmental alternatives in food industries

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 31-35

  Lalla, Fairuz ^b   Dingle, Peter ^a   Cheong, Cedric ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

BACTERIUM; FOOD INDUSTRY;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLOTHING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; KITCHEN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SANITATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEAT; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEXTILES; WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 28344432991     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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