Cold air plasma to decontaminate inanimate surfaces of the hospital environment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2004-2010

  Cahill, Orla J ^a   Claro, Tânia ^b   O'Connor, Niall ^a   Cafolla, Anthony A ^a   Stevens, Niall T ^b   Daniels, Stephen ^a   Humphreys, Hilary ^b,c  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIODECONTAMINATION; CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS; CONTAMINATED SURFACES; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON STEEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITALS; PLASMAS; POLYPROPYLENES; SURFACES;

BACTERIA;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COLD AIR; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFECTIVITY; PLASMA; TOXIC MATERIAL;

DISINFECTANT AGENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GDP 4 KETO 6 DEOXYMANNOSE 3 DEHYDRATASE, E COLI; GDP-4-KETO-6-DEOXYMANNOSE-3-DEHYDRATASE, E COLI; HYDROLYASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMA GAS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HOSPITALS; HYDRO-LYASES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PLASMA GASES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84897591543     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03480-13     Document Type: Article

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