Hydrogen peroxide vapour for decontaminating air-conditioning ducts and rooms of an emergency complex in northern India: Time to move on

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 200-203

  Taneja, N ^a   Biswal, M ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Edwin, A ^a   Sunita, T ^a   Emmanuel, R ^a   Gupta, A K ^a   Sharma, M ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Decontamination; Hospital infection; Hydrogen peroxide; Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SILVER NITRATE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLEANING; DISINFECTION; EMERGENCY WARD; FUMIGATION; FURNITURE; INDIA; VACUUM; WARD; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AEROSOLS; AIR CONDITIONING; DECONTAMINATION; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INDIA; SILVER NITRATE;

EID: 79958732607     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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