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The Episomatic Test System and Its Application to Test Disinfectants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

W. Weuffen  and
A. Kramer
W. Weuffen*
Affiliation:
Division of Community Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine Ernst-Moritz-Arndt, Universität Greifswald, German Democratic Republic
A. Kramer
Affiliation:
Division of Community Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine Ernst-Moritz-Arndt, Universität Greifswald, German Democratic Republic
*
Hygiene-Institut der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität, DDR-22 Griefswald, Dr. Wilhelm Külz Str. 2, German Democrat Republic
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Disinfectants come into contact with humans in two principal ways. First, they have involuntary contact with the skin and mucous membranes and are inhaled during the course of normal work. Second, they are applied purposefully directly to the skin and mucous membranes. This applies also to other chemicals in the hospital (eg, detergents), with the long-term danger being much greater for hospital personnel than for the patients.

Type
Original Articles
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , January 1984 , pp. 44 - 47
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1984

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References

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