Does organic material on hospital surfaces reduce the effectiveness of hypochlorite and UV radiation for disinfection of clostridium difficile?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1106-1108

  Zhang, Andrew ^a   Nerandzic, Michelle M ^b   Kundrapu, Sirisha ^a   Donskey, Curtis J ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYPOCHLORITE; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; HOSPITAL; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; SERUM; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; SPORES, BACTERIAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84884187554     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673148     Document Type: Article

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