The effect of terminal cleaning on environmental contamination rates of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1005-1007

  Strassle, Paula ^a   Thom, Kerri A ^a   Johnsonm, J Kristie ^a   Leekha, Surbhi ^a   Lissauer, Matthew ^a   Zhu, Jingkun ^a   Harris, Anthony D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Cleaning; Hospital acquired infections

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLEANING; HOSPITAL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; DISINFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PATIENTS' ROOMS;

EID: 84870425544     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.05.027     Document Type: Article

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