Efficacy of alcohol gel for removal of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus from hands of colonized patients

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 229-231

  Sunkesula, Venkata ^a   Kundrapu, Sirisha ^a   Macinga, David R ^b,c   Donskey, Curtis J ^a,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GOJO Industries Inc   (United States)

^c Northeast Ohio Medical University   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL GEL; HAND SANITIZER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MOBILITY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG THERAPY; GEL; HAND; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PROCEDURES;

AGED; CARRIER STATE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GELS; HAND; HAND DISINFECTION; HAND SANITIZERS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE;

EID: 84922733338     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2014.34     Document Type: Article

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