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Measuring the effect of enhanced cleaning in a UK hospital: a prospective cross-over study.

BMC medicine - 8 Jun 2009

Dancer Stephanie J, White Liza F, Lamb Jim, Girvan E Kirsty, Robertson Chris

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BACKGROUND: Increasing hospital-acquired infections have generated much attention over the last decade. There is evidence that hygienic cleaning has a role in the control of hospital-acquired infections. This study aimed to evaluate the potential impact of one additional cleaner by using microbiological standards based on aerobic colony counts and the presence of Staphylococcus aureus including...

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PMID: 19505316
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-7-28
PMCID: PMC2700808

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