Significant reduction in vancomycin-resistant enterococcus colonization and bacteraemia after introduction of a bleach-based cleaning-disinfection programme

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 234-242

  Grabsch, E A ^a   Mahony, A A ^a   Cameron, D R M ^a   Martin, R D ^a   Heland, M ^a   Davey, P ^a   Petty, M ^a   Xie, S ^a   Grayson, M L ^a,b,c  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Environmental contamination; Hypochlorite; Vancomycin resistant enterococci

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING AGENT; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; WARD;

BLEACHING AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84869207495     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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