Role of hospital surfaces in the transmission of emerging health care-associated pathogens: Norovirus, Clostridium difficile, and Acinetobacter species

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Weber, David J ^a,b   Rutala, William A ^a,b   Miller, Melissa B ^a,b   Huslage, Kirk ^b   Sickbert Bennett, Emily ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acinetobactor; Clostridium difficile; disinfectants; Environmental surfaces; norovirus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CLEANING; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; SURFACE PROPERTY; VIRUS SURVIVAL; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NOROVIRUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 77952994819     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.04.196     Document Type: Article

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