Variations in hospital daily cleaning practices

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-101

  Boyce, John M ^a,c   Havill, Nancy L ^a   Lipka, Abigail ^a   Havill, Heather ^a   Rizvani, Ramo ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^b Environmental Services Department   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEANING; DISINFECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; OBSERVATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72449154276     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/649225     Document Type: Article

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