New methods to clean ICU rooms

Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 365-375

  Blazejewski, Caroline ^a   Guerry, Mary Jane ^a   Preau, Sébastien ^a   Durocher, Alain ^a,b   Nseir, Saad ^a,b  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Multidrug resistant bacteria; Room cleaning

Indexed keywords

BIOCIDE; COPPER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OZONE;

AIR FILTRATION; ARTICLE; CLEANING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VAPOR; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 79961074723     PISSN: 18715265     EISSN: 18755852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152611796504818     Document Type: Article

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