Efficiency of hydrogen peroxide in improving disinfection of ICU rooms

Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Blazejewski, Caroline ^a   Wallet, Frédéric ^a   Rouzé, Anahita ^a   Le Guern, Rémi ^a   Ponthieux, Sylvie ^a   Salleron, Julia ^a   Nseir, Saad ^a,b  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CEFTAZIDIME; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IMIPENEM; PERACETIC ACID; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AEROSOLIZER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CLEANING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISINFECTION; GENERAL MEDICAL DEVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TOXICITY; VAPORIZER; CROSS INFECTION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEVICES; DRUG EFFECTS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; VOLATILIZATION;

CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EFFICIENCY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PERACETIC ACID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84924276677     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-015-0752-9     Document Type: Article

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