Impact of Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation for No-Touch Terminal Room Disinfection on Clostridium difficile Infection Incidence among Hematology-Oncology Patients

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 39-44

  Pegues, David A ^a,b   Han, Jennifer ^a,b   Gilmar, Cheryl ^b   McDonnell, Brooke ^b   Gaynes, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

ADULT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DISINFECTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEMATOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCOLOGY; ONCOLOGY WARD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TERMINAL ROOM DISINFECTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TURNAROUND TIME; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET WAVELENGTH C GERMICIDAL IRRADIATION; CANCER CENTER; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROCLIMATE; PENNSYLVANIA; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PHILADELPHIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 85008675520     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.222     Document Type: Review

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