Long-term effects of hospital water network disinfection on Legionella and other waterborne bacteria in an Italian university hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 293-299

  Casini, Beatrice ^a   Buzzigoli, Andrea ^a   Cristina, Maria Luisa ^b   Spagnolo, Anna Maria ^b   Del Giudice, Pietro ^c   Brusaferro, Silvio ^c   Poscia, Andrea ^d   Moscato, Umberto ^d   Valentini, Paola ^a   Baggiani, Angelo ^a   Privitera, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; ITALY; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARDS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WATER SUPPLY;

CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ITALY; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84893936878     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675280     Document Type: Article

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