'No touch' technologies for environmental decontamination: Focus on ultraviolet devices and hydrogen peroxide systems

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 424-431

  Weber, David J ^a,b   Kanamori, Hajime ^a   Rutala, William A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

healthcare associated infections; hydrogen peroxide systems; room decontamination; surface environment; UV devices

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DISINFECTION; DISINFECTION SYSTEM; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT DEVICE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; DEVICES; PROCEDURES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84973294693     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000284     Document Type: Review

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