Impact of surface disinfection with hydrogen peroxide on the prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in hospital wards

• Main Authors: Häring, Anna (Author), Heudorf, Ursel (Author), Exner, Martin (Author), Pitten, Frank-Albert (Author), Waidmann, Oliver (Author), Hack, Daniel (Author), Kempf, Volkhard A. J. (Author), Reinheimer, Claudia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Vancomycin-resistant (VRE) are of major concern in infection control. Although broad infection control actions to check VRE have been implemented, VRE remain part of daily infection prevention in clinical settings. Cleaning procedures in the inanimate ward environment might play a key rol...