Characterization of cleaning and disinfecting tasks and product use among hospital occupations

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 101-111

  Saito, Rena ^a   Abbas Virji, M ^a   Henneberger, Paul K ^a   Humann, Michael J ^a   Lebouf, Ryan F ^a   Stanton, Marcia L ^a   Liang, Xiaoming ^a   Stefaniak, Aleksandr B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cleaning products; Cleaning tasks; Disinfecting chemicals; Healthcare workers

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISINFECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DETERGENTS; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS; NEW ENGLAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84918494221     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22393     Document Type: Article

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