Monitoring environmental cleanliness on two surgical wards

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 357-364

  Dancer, Stephanie J ^a   White, Liza ^b   Robertson, Chris ^c  

^a HAIRMYRES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical environment; Hospital cleaning; Hospital acquired infection; Staphylococci; Surgical ward

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLEANING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURGICAL WARD; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; COAGULASE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 52949085802     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120802102465     Document Type: Article

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