Original research: Survival of bacterial pathogens on paper and bacterial retrieval from paper to hands: Preliminary results

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 30-34

  Hübner, Nils Olaf ^a   Hübner, Claudia ^a   Kramer, Axel ^a   Assadian, Ojan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross contamination; Disinfection; Finger pad method; Hand antisepsis; Hand hygiene; Hospital acquired infection; Infection control; Nosocomial infection; Spread of pathogens; Survival on inanimate surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455212860     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000408181.37017.82     Document Type: Article

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