Patients' Rooms
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Subject Areas on Research
- A comparison of environmental contamination by patients infected or colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant enterococci: a multicenter study.
- A prospective study of transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDROs) between environmental sites and hospitalized patients-the TransFER study.
- Bedside terminals: an overview.
- Decontamination of targeted pathogens from patient rooms using an automated ultraviolet-C-emitting device.
- Effectiveness of ultraviolet devices and hydrogen peroxide systems for terminal room decontamination: Focus on clinical trials.
- Enhanced disinfection leads to reduction of microbial contamination and a decrease in patient colonization and infection.
- Enhanced terminal room disinfection and acquisition and infection caused by multidrug-resistant organisms and Clostridium difficile (the Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room Disinfection study): a cluster-randomised, multicentre, crossover study.
- Implementation Lessons Learned From the Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room (BETR) Disinfection Study: Process and Perceptions of Enhanced Disinfection with Ultraviolet Disinfection Devices.
- Increased environmental sample area and recovery of Clostridium difficile spores from hospital surfaces by quantitative PCR and enrichment culture.
- Intensive care unit environmental cleaning: an evaluation in sixteen hospitals using a novel assessment tool.
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal real-time PCR: a predictive tool for contamination of the hospital environment.
- Nerve block induction rooms--physical plant setup, monitoring equipment, block cart, and resuscitation cart.
- Nocturnal awakenings, sleep environment interruptions, and fatigue in hospitalized children with cancer.
- Patient attitudes toward rooming with persons with HIV infection.
- The role of the surface environment in healthcare-associated infections.