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Increased time spent on terminal cleaning of patient rooms may not improve disinfection of high-touch surfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2019

John D. Coppin ,
Frank C. Villamaria ,
Marjory D. Williams ,
Laurel A. Copeland ,
John E. Zeber  and
Chetan Jinadatha Open the ORCID record for Chetan Jinadatha [Opens in a new window]
John D. Coppin
Affiliation:
Department of Research, Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Temple, Texas
Frank C. Villamaria
Affiliation:
Department of Research, Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Temple, Texas
Marjory D. Williams
Affiliation:
Department of Research, Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Temple, Texas Department of Nursing, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, Texas
Laurel A. Copeland
Affiliation:
Veterans Affairs Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System, Leeds, Massachusetts
John E. Zeber
Affiliation:
Department of Research, Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Temple, Texas University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health & Health Science, Amherst, Massachusetts
Chetan Jinadatha*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, Texas College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas
*
Author for correspondence: Chetan Jinadatha, Email: chetan.jinadatha@va.gov
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 5 , May 2019 , pp. 605 - 606
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Footnotes

Previous Presentation: Part of this manuscript was presented as a poster at IDWeek on October 5, 2017, in San Diego, California.

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