Copper surfaces reduce the rate of healthcare-acquired infections in the intensive care unit.

Salgado, Cassandra D; Sepkowitz, Kent A; John, Joseph F; Cantey, J Robert; Attaway, Hubert H; Freeman, Katherine D; Sharpe, Peter A; Michels, Harold T; Schmidt, Michael G

Salgado, Cassandra D; Sepkowitz, Kent A; John, Joseph F; Cantey, J Robert; Attaway, Hubert H; Freeman, Katherine D; Sharpe, Peter A; Michels, Harold T; Schmidt, Michael G.

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Salgado CD; Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol ; 34(5): 479-86, 2013 May.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23571364

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Copper; Cross Infection/epidemiology; Disinfectants; Fomites/microbiology; Intensive Care Units; Staphylococcal Infections/epidemiology; Adult; Aged; Colony Count, Microbial; Copper/pharmacology; Cross Infection/prevention & control; Disinfectants/pharmacology; Disinfection/methods; Enterococcus; Environmental Microbiology; Female; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections/epidemiology; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections/prevention & control; Humans; Incidence; Intention to Treat Analysis; Male; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Middle Aged; Patients' Rooms; Staphylococcal Infections/prevention & control; Vancomycin Resistance

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Staphylococcal Infections / Cross Infection / Copper / Disinfectants / Fomites / Intensive Care Units Type of study: Clinical_trials / Incidence_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS / ENFERMAGEM / EPIDEMIOLOGIA / HOSPITAIS Year: 2013 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States

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