Assessment of the Overall and Multidrug-Resistant Organism Bioburden on Environmental Surfaces in Healthcare Facilities

Surface microbial contamination in hospitals: A pilot study on methods of sampling and the use of proposed microbiologic standards

(2015) Tânia Claro et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Evaluating a New Paradigm for Comparing Surface Disinfection in Clinical Practice

(2014) Philip C. Carling et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Multistate Point-Prevalence Survey of Health Care–Associated Infections

(2014) Shelley S. Magill et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

The Type, Level, and Distribution of Microorganisms within the Ward Environment: A Zonal Analysis of an Intensive Care Unit and a Gastrointestinal Surgical Ward

(2013) Ginny Moore et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Copper Continuously Limits the Concentration of Bacteria Resident on Bed Rails within the Intensive Care Unit

(2013) Michael G. Schmidt et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Intrinsic bacterial burden associated with intensive care unit hospital beds: Effects of disinfection on population recovery and mitigation of potential infection risk

(2012) Hubert H. Attaway et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Editorial Commentary: Climbing the Evidentiary Hierarchy for Environmental Infection Control

(2012) L. Clifford McDonald et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Patient environment microbial burden reduction: A pilot study comparison of 2 terminal cleaning methods

(2011) Michael G. Schmidt et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Multidrug Resistance among Gram-Negative Pathogens That Caused Healthcare-Associated Infections Reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2006–2008

(2010) Alexander J. Kallen et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Finding a benchmark for monitoring hospital cleanliness

(2010) D. Mulvey et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Experimental evaluation of the efficacy of sanitation procedures in operating rooms

(2009) Alessia Frabetti et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

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

(2009) John M. Boyce et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Are hygiene standards useful in assessing infection risk?

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

New multiplex PCR method for the detection of Clostridium difficile toxin A (tcdA) and toxin B (tcdB) and the binary toxin (cdtA/cdtB) genes applied to a Danish strain collection

(2008) S. Persson et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

MRSA and the environment: implications for comprehensive control measures

(2008) N. Cimolai   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Monitoring environmental cleanliness on two surgical wards

(2008) Stephanie J. Dancer et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH

Effective and Reduced-Cost Modified Selective Medium for Isolation of Clostridium difficile

(2008) M. M. Nerandzic et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

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