ArticleThe Journal of hospital infection2004
Microbicides and the environmental control of nosocomial viral infections.
Article in The Journal of hospital infection, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Fighting viruses with materials science: Prospects for antivirus surfaces, drug delivery systems and artificial intelligence.Dental materials : official publication of the Academy of Dental Materials · 2021Review
- Construction and validation of an ultraviolet germicidal irradiation system using locally available components.PloS one · 2021Article
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- Biocides and Novel Antimicrobial Agents for the Mitigation of Coronaviruses.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Review
- Evaluation of the virucidal efficacy of disinfectant wipes with a test method simulating practical conditions.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2019Article
- Review of Disinfection and Sterilization - Back to the Basics.Infection & chemotherapy · 2018Review
- Assessment health status of ICU medical equipment levels at Neyshabur hospitals using ICNA and ACC indices.MethodsX · 2018Article
- Development and virucidal activity of a novel alcohol-based hand disinfectant supplemented with urea and citric acid.BMC infectious diseases · 2016Article
- Inactivation of surrogate coronaviruses on hard surfaces by health care germicides.American journal of infection control · 2011Article
- Effects of air temperature and relative humidity on coronavirus survival on surfaces.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2010Article
- SARS revisited: the challenge of controlling emerging infectious diseases at the local, regional, federal, and global levels.Mayo Clinic proceedings · 2004Article
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Abstract
Viruses are important causes of acute and chronic diseases in humans. Newer viruses are still being discovered and those that are already known are being incriminated in the aetiology of clinical conditions with hitherto unknown causes. Apart from frequently causing infections in the general community, many types of viruses are also significant nosocomial pathogens. While it is generally agreed that we underestimate the proportion of nosocomial infections that are viral, due to a lack of routine monitoring, viruses easily account for more than 30% of the cases of hospital-acquired infections in many paediatric settings. Indeed, the relative importance of viruses in this respect is increasing due to a number of societal and demographic changes as well as alterations in healthcare practices. Safe vaccines against many common nosocomial viral agents are currently unavailable while there is also a virtual lack of effective and affordable chemotherapy against them. There is, therefore, renewed emphasis on preventive strategies by better understanding of the relative importance of various vehicles in the nosocomial spread of viruses and by infection control using microbicides. This, in turn, has stimulated considerable interest in the development of formulations that are not only safer but which also have demonstrated activity against major types of nosocomial viral pathogens. Further, much work is now underway to design better methods to assess the virucidal activity of microbicides used to decontaminate hands, reusable medical devices and environmental surfaces in critical areas of healthcare settings. It is anticipated that these approaches will result in reducing the health and economic impact of nosocomial infections due to viruses.
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