The time spent cleaning a hospital room does not correlate with the thoroughness of cleaning

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-102

  Rupp, Mark E ^a   Adler, Ann ^b   Schellen, Margaret ^a   Cassling, Kyle ^a   Fitzgerald, Teresa ^b   Sholtz, Lee ^b   Lyden, Elizabeth ^a   Carling, Philip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEANING; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MONITORING; STANDARDIZATION; TIME; WARD;

EFFICIENCY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870882194     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668779     Document Type: Article

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