Manual cleaning of hospital mattresses: An observational study comparing high- and low-resource settings

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 14-18

  Hopman, J ^a,b   Hakizimana, B ^b   Meintjes, W A J ^b   Nillessen, M ^a   de Both, E ^a   Voss, A ^a   Mehtar, S ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ATP bioluminescence; Cleaning; Environmental contamination; Low income country; Mattresses; Middle income country

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOCIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DETERGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCEROL; SOAP; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CLEANING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MATTRESS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SOUTH AFRICA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BED; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL SERVICE; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BEDS; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 84952982642     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.09.017     Document Type: Article

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