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BACKGROUND: Bacteriokiller system(BKS) produces disinfectant which is generated by the mixture of active oxygen and hypochlorous acid with tap water. Previous studies showed that BKS disinfectant is highly bacteridal against...
BACKGROUND: An intensive and ongoing surveillance program is effective for preventing the hospital infections. but it is time-consuming to detect all cases of hospital infections. So, labratory-based surveillance was performed...
BACKGROUND: Disinfection is essential for the prevention of hospital infoction. Tego-51, one of the amphoteric surfactants based on the dodecyl-di( aminoethyl)-glycine, has been considered as an effctive disinfectant having a...
BACKGROUND: Approxinately 30%-70% of patients hospitalized receive intravenous(IV) therapy[l-4], It is generally believed that many hospitalized patients experienced IV therapy related complications-including infiltration(swelling), phlebitis, pain, suppurative phlebitis and bacterernia. These...
Lee SH, Jeong JS, Lee SY, Pai HJ, Nah J, Park SJ, Pi SY, Pai CH
KMID: 2078859
Korean J Nosocomial Infect Control.
1997 Jun;2(1):13-28.
BACKGROUND: Over the decade, Klebsiella pneumoniae resistant to broad-spectrum oephalosporins have been involved in hospital outbreaks, particulaly in intensive care units. Betwem March 20 and June 12. 1900. an outbreak...