Identifying opportunities to enhance environmental cleaning in 23 acute care hospitals

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Carling, Philip C ^a,b   Parry, M F ^c,d   Von Beheren, S M ^e  

^a Carney Hospital   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STAMFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEANING; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HOSPITAL; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; TELEPHONE;

CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 39449113970     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/524329     Document Type: Article

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