Evaluation of a pulsed-xenon ultraviolet room disinfection device for impact on contamination levels of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Jinadatha, Chetan ^a   Quezada, Ricardo ^b   Huber, Thomas W ^a   Williams, Jason B ^c   Zeber, John E ^a,b   Copeland, Laurel A ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Antimicrobial Test Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA; No touch disinfection; Nosocomial infections; Pulsed xenon ultraviolet disinfection device

Indexed keywords

XENON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEVICES; DISINFECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE;

DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; XENON;

EID: 84899487894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-187     Document Type: Article

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