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'Time to clean': A systematic review and observational study on the time required to clean items of reusable communal patient care equipment.

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Abstract
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Concerns have been raised over poor standards of hospital cleanliness and insufficient time for staff to clean reusable communal patient care equipment. These items may then act as vectors for the transmission of nosocomial pathogens between hospital patients.

Year of Publication
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2017
Journal
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Journal of infection prevention
Volume
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18
Issue
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6
Number of Pages
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289-294
ISSN Number
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1757-1774
DOI
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10.1177/1757177417714046
Short Title
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J Infect Prev
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