Role of hospital surfaces in the transmission of emerging health care-associated pathogens: norovirus, Clostridium difficile, and Acinetobacter species
DJ Weber, WA Rutala, MB Miller, K Huslage… - American journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Health care-associated infections (HAI) remain a major cause of patient morbidity and
mortality. Although the main source of nosocomial pathogens is likely the patient's
endogenous flora, an estimated 20% to 40% of HAI have been attributed to cross infection
via the hands of health care personnel, who have become contaminated from direct contact
with the patient or indirectly by touching contaminated environmental surfaces. Multiple
studies strongly suggest that environmental contamination plays an important role in the …
mortality. Although the main source of nosocomial pathogens is likely the patient's
endogenous flora, an estimated 20% to 40% of HAI have been attributed to cross infection
via the hands of health care personnel, who have become contaminated from direct contact
with the patient or indirectly by touching contaminated environmental surfaces. Multiple
studies strongly suggest that environmental contamination plays an important role in the …