Control of the spread of viruses in a long-term care facility using hygiene protocols

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 702-706

  Sassi, Hannah P ^a   Sifuentes, Laura Y ^a   Koenig, David W ^b   Nichols, Emmalee ^b   Clark Greuel, Jocelyn ^b   Wong, Lung Fai ^b   McGrath, Kevin ^b   Gerba, Charles P ^a   Reynolds, Kelly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b KIMBERLY CLARK CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hygiene protocol; Long term care; Virus spread

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; HAND SANITIZER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLIPHAGE; FOMITE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG TERM CARE; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND; HAND WASHING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEVIVIRUS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DISEASES;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FOMITES; HAND; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LEVIVIRUS; LONG-TERM CARE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84937523746     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.03.012     Document Type: Article

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