Evaluating hygienic cleaning in health care settings: What you do not know can harm your patients

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Carling, Philip C ^a   Bartley, Judene M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FLUORESCENCE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDS;

DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HEALTH FACILITIES; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 77952978578     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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