Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) contamination in bedside surfaces of a hospital ward and the potential effectiveness of enhanced disinfection with an antimicrobial polymer surfactant

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 3026-3041

  Yuen, John W M ^a   Chung, Terence W K ^a,b   Loke, Alice Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial surfactant; Environmental contamination; JUC; MRSA; Quaternary ammonium chloride; Staphylococcal infections; Surface contamination

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; POLYMER; DISINFECTANT AGENT; HYPOCHLOROUS ACID; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SURFACTANT;

AMMONIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISINFECTION; HOSPITAL SECTOR; POLLUTANT; POLYMER; SURFACTANT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BED; CLEANING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WARD; ADULT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECTS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYPOCHLOROUS ACID; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS' ROOMS; POLYMERS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84927672361     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120303026     Document Type: Article

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