Monitoring the Effectiveness of Hospital Cleaning Practices by Use of an Adenosine Triphosphate Bioluminescence Assay

Are hygiene standards useful in assessing infection risk?

(2008) Liza F. White et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

UV-visible marker confirms that environmental persistence of Clostridium difficile spores in toilets of patients with C. difficile-associated diarrhea is associated with lack of compliance with cleaning protocol.

(2008) Michelle J Alfa et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Impact of an Environmental Cleaning Intervention on the Presence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci on Surfaces in Intensive Care Unit Rooms

(2008) Eric R. Goodman et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

A modified ATP benchmark for evaluating the cleaning of some hospital environmental surfaces

(2008) T. Lewis et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Risk of Hand or Glove Contamination After Contact With Patients Colonized With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus or the Colonized Patients' Environment

(2007) Mary K. Hayden et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Identifying Opportunities to Enhance Environmental Cleaning in 23 Acute Care Hospitals

(2007) P. C. Carling et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Intensive care unit environmental cleaning: an evaluation in sixteen hospitals using a novel assessment tool

(2007) P.C. Carling et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION