Ultraviolet powder versus ultraviolet gel for assessing environmental cleaning

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 192-195

  Munoz Price, L Silvia ^a,b,c   Fajardo Aquino, Yovanit ^c   Arheart, Kristopher L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEANING; GEL; HUMAN; LIGHT; POWDER; TRANSPARENT ULTRAVIOLET GEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WHITE ULTRAVIOLET POWDER;

CROSS INFECTION; FLUORESCENT DYES; GELS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; POWDERS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; STERILIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84855527006     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/663713     Document Type: Article

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