A randomized, double-blind comparison of the effectiveness of environmental cleaning between infection control professionals and environmental service workers

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 292-294

  Xu, Hong ^a   Jin, Hui ^a   Zhao, Lan ^b   Wei, Xiaojun ^b   Hu, Liangen ^a   Shen, Linhai ^a   Wei, Lingya ^a   Xie, Lijun ^b   Kong, Qingxin ^a   Wang, Yinghong ^a   Ni, Xiaoping ^a  

^a HANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental cleaning; Health care associated infections; High touch surfaces; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM COLONY; CLEANING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE WORKER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; CHINA; DISINFECTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84923627395     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.11.009     Document Type: Article

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