Disinfectants that do

Sax, Hugo; Pittet, Didier

Scientific article

English

Disinfectants that do

Contributors

Sax, Hugo; Pittet, Didier

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Current opinion in infectious diseases, vol. 13, no. 4, p. 395-399

Publication date

2000

Abstract

Biocides are helpful in different healthcare settings to reduce or eradicate harmful pathogens on the skin, medical devices, and in the environment. This article reviews recent advances in hand hygiene, instrument sterilization, decolonization with mupirocin, and the challenges posed by environmental contamination, and prion disease. Do biocides induce resistance?

UNIGE affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

UNIGE research groups

Staphylocoques dorés résistants à la méthicilline et hygiène hospitalière (330)

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SAX, Hugo, PITTET, Didier. Disinfectants that do. In: Current opinion in infectious diseases, 2000, vol. 13, n° 4, p. 395–399.

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PID : unige:7568
PMID : 11964809

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http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&AN=00001432-200008000-00012&LSLINK=80&D=ovft

Journal ISSN

0951-7375

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