Effectiveness of using a mat filled with a peroxygen disinfectant to minimize shoe sole contamination in a veterinary hospital

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 228, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1391-1396

  Amass, Sandra F ^a   Arighi, Mimi ^b   Kinyon, Joann M ^c   Hoffman, Lorraine J ^c   Schneider, Jessica L ^a   Draper, D Kevin ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; PEROXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; HUMAN; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SHOE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WARD;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; PEROXIDES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SOLEIDAE;

EID: 33646265259     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.228.9.1391     Document Type: Article

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