Effectiveness of an antimicrobial polymer to decrease contamination of environmental surfaces in the clinical setting

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1060-1062

  Thom, Kerri A ^a   Standiford, Harold C ^a   Kristie Johnson, J ^a   Hanna, Nader ^a   Furuno, Jon P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (TRIMETHOXYSILY) PROPYL DIMETHYL OCTADECYL AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; POLYMER; SILICONE QUATERNARY AMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; BACTERIUM; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; POLYMERS;

EID: 84904401708     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677159     Document Type: Article

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