A comprehensive water management program for multicampus healthcare facilities

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 556-563

  Krageschmidt, Dale A ^a   Kubly, Allen F ^a   Browning, Mark S ^a   Wright, Alan J ^a   Lonneman, Jon D ^a   Detmer, Martin J ^a   McCoy, William F ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Phigenics LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; LEGIONELLOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; SAFETY; STANDARDS;

HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84898766041     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675822     Document Type: Article

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