Microbial contamination of privacy curtains in the emergency department of a metropolitan hospital

J Hosp Infect. 2018 Nov;100(3):e153-e154. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2018.06.018. Epub 2018 Jun 26.

Authors

D R Woodard¹, M Buttner², P Cruz², J Roeder³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA. Electronic address: David.woodard@unlv.edu.
² Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
³ Spring Valley Hospital Medical Centre, Las Vegas, NV, USA.

PMID: 29958915
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2018.06.018

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Bacteria / classification
Bacteria / isolation & purification*
Emergency Service, Hospital
Environmental Microbiology*
Fungi / classification
Fungi / isolation & purification*
Hospitals, Urban
Humans
Microbiological Techniques
Patient Isolation