Diagnostic assessment of different environmental cleaning monitoring methods

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 751-752

  Luick, Laura ^a   Thompson, Paul A ^b   Loock, Mark H ^c   Vetter, Sheree L ^c   Cook, Joan ^c   Guerrero, Dubert M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b SANFORD RESEARCH   (United States)

^c SANFORD HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP bioluminescence; Environmental disinfection; Fluorescent dye

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CLEANING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL SERVICE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE;

ATP BIOLUMINESCENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISINFECTION; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84880916231     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.09.019     Document Type: Article

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