Managing water safety in healthcare. part 2 - Practical measures and considerations taken for waterborne pathogen control

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 619-624

  Biliński, PrzemystŁaw ^a,b   HoŁownia, Piotr ^a   WojtyŁa, Cezary ^b   Parafińska, Katarzyna ^a   Tomaszewski, Witold ^a   Kapka Skrzypczak, Lucyna ^c,d  

^a Chief Sanitary Inspectorate   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

Author keywords

Pathogen control; Perspectives; Water safety

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE DIOXIDE; HOT WATER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GENERAL MEDICAL DEVICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; IONIZATION; LEGIONELLA; NONHUMAN; PIPELINE; SAFETY; SCALD; TAP; THERMOREGULATION; THERMOSTATIC MIXING DEVICE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAFETY; WATER TREATMENT;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84871605912     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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