Hospital Door Handle Design and Their Contamination with Bacteria: A Real Life Observational Study. Are We Pulling against Closed Doors?

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether microbial contamination of door handles in two busy intensive care units and one high dependency unit was related to their design, location, and usage. DESIGN: Observational study of the number of viable bacteria on existing door handles of different design at defined...

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Main Authors: Wojgani, Hedieh, Kehsa, Catherine, Cloutman-Green, Elaine, Gray, Colin, Gant, Vanya, Klein, Nigel
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3471909/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23077475
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040171
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