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Contaminated Disinfectants in Health Clinics in Ilorin, Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

A.B. Olayemi  and
Y. Obayan
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Abstract:

Five of 18 samples of working dilutions of disinfectants used in the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, the University Clinic, and three other urban medical centers were found to be contaminated with bacteria. The results confirmed that disinfectants in storage support the growth of infectious agents, underlining the need to use fresh preparations of disinfectants.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 15 , Issue 9 , September 1994 , pp. 581 - 582
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1994

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