Evaluation of an alcohol-based power sanitizing system for decontamination of hospital rooms of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 234-236

  Jury, Lucy A ^a   Cadnum, Jennifer L ^a   Jennings Sanders, Andrea ^a   Eckstein, Elizabeth C ^a   Chang, Shelley ^b   Donskey, Curtis J ^a  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; decontamination; Environment; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; vancomycin resistant Enterococcus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BLEACHING AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ALCOHOLS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DECONTAMINATION; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HOSPITALS; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 77949915861     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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