Biocidal textiles can help fight nosocomial infections

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 990-994

  Borkow, Gadi ^a   Gabbay, Jeffrey ^a  

^a Cupron Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOCIDE;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MEDICAL STAFF; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEXTILE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CLOTHING; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK; TEMPERATURE; TEXTILES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 40849106976     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.08.025     Document Type: Article

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