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CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION
Volume 17, Issue 6, Pages 868-869Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03494.x
Keywords
fomites; healthcare-associated pathogens; infection control; pens
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- St Luke's Episcopal Hospital
- Roderick D. MacDonald Research Fund
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This prospective study examined bacterial colonization on writing pens touched by healthcare professionals and hospitalized patients with and without cleaning the pen with alcohol-based hand sanitizing agent after each patient visit. A significant reduction in potential healthcare-associated pathogens, especially Gram-positive cocci, was observed in the intervention group.
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