No-touch methods of terminal cleaning in the intensive care unit: results from the first large randomized trial with patient-centred outcomes.

Vincenzo Russotto, Andrea Cortegiani, Pasquale Iozzo, Santi Maurizio Raineri, Cesare Gregoretti, Antonino Giarratano

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Article in Critical care (London, England), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

What Healthcare Workers Should Know about Environmental Bacterial Contamination in the Intensive Care Unit.BioMed research international · 2017
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Enhanced terminal room disinfection and acquisition and infection caused by multidrug-resistant organisms and Clostridium difficile (the Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room Disinfection study): a cluster-randomised, multicentre, crossover study.2017

5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Vincenzo RussottoDepartment of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED), Section of Anesthesia Analgesia Intensive Care and Emergency. Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy. vinrussotto@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-1411-9099

Andrea CortegianiDepartment of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED), Section of Anesthesia Analgesia Intensive Care and Emergency. Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy.

Pasquale IozzoIntensive Care Unit, Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy.

Santi Maurizio RaineriDepartment of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED), Section of Anesthesia Analgesia Intensive Care and Emergency. Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy.

Cesare GregorettiDepartment of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED), Section of Anesthesia Analgesia Intensive Care and Emergency. Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy.

Antonino GiarratanoDepartment of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED), Section of Anesthesia Analgesia Intensive Care and Emergency. Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy.

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Cross InfectionIntensive Care UnitsHumansICU-acquired infectionsMultidrug resistant organismsSepsisTerminal cleaning

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PMID28755657

DOI10.1186/s13054-017-1705-2

PMCPMC5534244

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