Effectiveness of a Self-Decontaminating Coating Containing Usnic Acid in Reducing Environmental Microbial Load in Tertiary-Care Hospitals

Surfaces have been implicated in the transmission of pathogens in hospitals. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of an usnic-acid-containing self-decontaminating coating in reducing microbial surface contamination in tertiary-care hospitals. Samples were collected from surfaces 9 days befor...

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Autores principales: Maltezou, Helena C., Papamichalopoulos, Nikolaos, Horefti, Elina, Tseroni, Maria, Karapanou, Amalia, Gamaletsou, Maria N., Veneti, Lamprini, Ioannidis, Anastasios, Panagiotou, Marina, Dimitroulia, Evangelia, Vasilogiannakopoulos, Antonios, Angelakis, Emmanouil, Chatzipanagiotou, Stylianos, Sipsas, Nikolaos V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10138069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37107716
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20085434

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10138069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37107716
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20085434

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