Implementation and impact of ultraviolet environmental disinfection in an acute care setting

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 586-590

  Haas, Janet P ^a,b   Menz, Jonathan ^a   Dusza, Stephen ^b   Montecalvo, Marisa A ^a,b  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Multiple drug resistant organisms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEANING; DISINFECTION; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MICROORGANISM; MULTIPLE DRUG RESISTANT ORGANISM; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ULTRAVIOLET ENVIRONMENTAL DISINFECTION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84901018597     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.12.013     Document Type: Article

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