Re-evaluation of current A0 value recommendations for thermal disinfection of reusable human waste containers based on new experimental data

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-65

  Diab Elschahawi, M ^a   Furnkranz U ^a   Blacky, A ^a   Bachhofner, N ^a   Koller, W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

A0 value; Human waste containers; Thermal disinfection; Thermotolerance

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SOIL; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BEDPAN; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEAT TREATMENT; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951299211     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.01.020     Document Type: Article

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