Compliance With Application Time for Surgical Hand Disinfection

Infection Control

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 996-998

  Kampf, Günter ^a,b   Widmer, Andreas F ^c  

^a Bode Chemie GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; POVIDONE IODINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTISEPSIS; BACTERIAL FLORA; DISINFECTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MARKETING; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; PUBLICATION; SURGICAL INFECTION;

DISINFECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOM TECHNICIANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749000339     PISSN: 01959417     EISSN: 23279451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507293     Document Type: Letter

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