Comparison of fluorescent marker systems with 2 quantitative methods of assessing terminal cleaning practices

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1187-1193

  Boyce, John M ^a,b   Havill, Nancy L ^a   Havill, Heather L ^a   Mangione, Elise ^a   Dumigan, Diane G ^a   Moore, Brent A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FLUORESCENT DYE; MARKER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; FLUORESCENT DYES; HOSPITALS; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SANITATION;

EID: 80955148217     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662626     Document Type: Article

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