The effectiveness of UV-C radiation for facility-wide environmental disinfection to reduce health care-acquired infections

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1342-1346

  Napolitano, Nathanael A ^a   Mahapatra, Tanmay ^b   Tang, Weiming ^c,d  

^a Brotman Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNC Project China   (China)

Author keywords

Health care acquired infection; Incidence proportion; Incidence rate; Reduction; UV C radiation

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PILOT STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DOSIMETRY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INFECTION CONTROL; LETHAL DOSE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; CALIFORNIA; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CALIFORNIA; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HOSPITALS; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PILOT PROJECTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84939482299     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.07.006     Document Type: Article

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