Hand-touch contact assessment of high-touch and mutual-touch surfaces among healthcare workers, patients, and visitors

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

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A Quantitative Approach to Defining “High-Touch” Surfaces in Hospitals

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Environmental Cleaning Intervention and Risk of Acquiring Multidrug-Resistant Organisms From Prior Room Occupants

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Hospital privacy curtains are frequently and rapidly contaminated with potentially pathogenic bacteria

Michael Ohl, Marin L. Schweizer, Maggie Graham et al. · American Journal of Infection Control · 2012 · 90 citations

Pathogenic Microbiology, Microbial Contamination, Healthcare-associated Infection +8

Where do hands go? An audit of sequential hand-touch events on a hospital ward

S.J. Smith, Victoria Solveig Young, Chris Robertson et al. · Journal of Hospital Infection · 2012 · 75 citations · Full text

Nursing, Hospital Ward, Hospital Environment +9