Monitoring the effectiveness of hospital cleaning practices by use of an adenosine triphosphate bioluminescence assay

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 678-684

  Boyce, John M ^a,c   Havill, Nancy L ^a   Dumigan, Diane G ^a   Golebiewski, Michael ^b   Balogun, Ola ^b   Rizvani, Ramo ^b  

^a Infectious Diseases Section   (United States)

^b Environmental Services Department   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BATH; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CLEANING; EDUCATION; ENTEROCOCCACEAE; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; INCUBATION TIME; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONNECTICUT; ENTEROCOCCUS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 67651098977     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598243     Document Type: Article

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