Sorting through the wealth of options: Comparative evaluation of two ultraviolet disinfection systems

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Nerandzic, Michelle M ^a   Fisher, Christopher W ^c   Donskey, Curtis J ^a,b  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STERIS Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL SPORE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; DISINFECTION SYSTEM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET DISINFECTION SYSTEM; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PROCEDURES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DISINFECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI;

EID: 84907457153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107444     Document Type: Article

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