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Chemical, Mechanical, and Heat Cleaning to Decontaminate Hospital Drains Harboring Carbapenemase-Pro...

Chemical, Mechanical, and Heat Cleaning to Decontaminate Hospital Drains Harboring Carbapenemase-Pro...

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Chemical, Mechanical, and Heat Cleaning to Decontaminate Hospital Drains Harboring Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriales

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Full title

Chemical, Mechanical, and Heat Cleaning to Decontaminate Hospital Drains Harboring Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriales

Publisher

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Journal title

Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2020-10, Vol.41 (S1), p.s466-s467

Language

English

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Publication information

Publisher

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

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Contents

Background:
Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriales (CPE) outbreaks have been linked to contaminated wastewater drainage systems in hospitals. The optimal strategy for CPE decontamination of drains is unknown. In this randomized controlled trial, we aimed to determine whether combining chemical, mechanical, and heat cleaning was superior to ro...

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Chemical, Mechanical, and Heat Cleaning to Decontaminate Hospital Drains Harboring Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriales

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2898304357

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2898304357

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ISSN

0899-823X

E-ISSN

1559-6834

DOI

10.1017/ice.2020.1141

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