Shedding light on new methods to improve hospital cleanliness: The use of ultraviolet monitors as surrogate markers for bacterial contamination

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1212-1214

  Miller, Becky A ^a   Sexton, Daniel J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Environmental disinfection; Infection control; Intensive care unit; Multidrug resistant organisms; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DEVICE; DISINFECTION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MONITOR; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 77950214480     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181d1ab3a     Document Type: Editorial

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