Assessment of materials commonly utilized in health care: Implications for bacterial survival and transmission

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 258-263

  Lankford, Mary G ^a   Collins, Susan ^b   Youngberg, Larry ^b   Rooney, Denise M ^a   Warren, John R ^b   Noskin, Gary A ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology   (Sweden)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BUILDING; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; ENTEROCOCCUS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 33744519284     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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