Use of a daily disinfectant cleaner instead of a daily cleaner reduced hospital-Acquired infection rates

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 141-146

  Alfa, Michelle J ^a,b   Lo, Evelyn ^b,c   Olson, Nancy ^a   Macrae, Michelle ^c   Buelow Smith, Louise ^c  

^a St Boniface Research Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Environmental cleaning; Housekeeping; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Vancomycin resistant enterococci

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL POLICY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; HOSPITAL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PROCEDURES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; DISINFECTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84921853599     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.10.016     Document Type: Article

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