Room decontamination with UV radiation

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1025-1029

  Rutala, William A ^a,b   Gergen, Maria F ^a   Weber, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DEVICE; DISINFECTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; SENSOR; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENTS' ROOMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77957877327     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656244     Document Type: Article

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