Impact of electronic faucets and water quality on the occurrence of pseudomonas aeruginosa in water: A multi-hospital study

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 311-319

  Charron, Dominique ^a   Bédard, Emilie ^a,b   Lalancette, Cindy ^b   Laferrière, Céline ^c   Prévost, Michèle ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

AERATOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CANADA; DRAIN; ELECTRONIC FAUCET; GENERAL DEVICE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER QUALITY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER SUPPLY;

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HAND DISINFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUEBEC; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84923362757     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2014.46     Document Type: Article

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