Abstract:
:More than 90% of Thai hospitals surveyed reported implementing environmental cleaning and disinfection (ECD) protocols. Hospital epidemiologist presence was associated with the existence of an ECD checklist (P=.01) and of ECD auditing (P=.001), while good and excellent hospital administrative support were associated with better adherence to ECD protocols (P<.001) and ECD checklists (P=.005). Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:1250-1253.
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemioljournal_title
Infection control and hospital epidemiologyauthors
Apisarnthanarak A,Weber DJ,Ratz D,Saint S,Khawcharoenporn T,Greene MTdoi
10.1017/ice.2017.171subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-10-01 00:00:00pages
1250-1253issue
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