Occurrence of potentially pathogenic bacteria on the hands of hospital patients before and after the introduction of patient hand disinfection

APMIS

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 802-807

  Hedin, Göran ^a   Blomkvist, Annika ^a   Janson, Marianne ^a   Lindblom, Anders ^a  

^a FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disinfection; Hand; Patient

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAND; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YEAST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CANDIDA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAND; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; KLEBSIELLA; MALE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84866152004     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2012.02912.x     Document Type: Article

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