Hospital Door Handle Design and Their Contamination with Bacteria: A Real Life Observational Study. Are We Pulling against Closed Doors?

Hedieh Wojgani; Catherine Kehsa; Elaine Cloutman-Green; Colin Gray; Vanya Gant; Nigel Klein

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040171

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Hospital Door Handle Design and Their Contamination with Bacteria: A Real Life Observational Study. Are We Pulling against Closed Doors?

Hedieh Wojgani,

Affiliation School of Construction Management & Engineering, Reading University, Reading, United Kingdom
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Catherine Kehsa,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Unit, Institute of Child Health, UCL, London, United Kingdom
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Elaine Cloutman-Green,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Unit, Institute of Child Health, UCL, London, United Kingdom
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Colin Gray,

Affiliation School of Construction Management & Engineering, Reading University, Reading, United Kingdom
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Vanya Gant ,

* E-mail: Vanya.gant@uclh.nhs.uk

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Nigel Klein

Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Unit, Institute of Child Health, UCL, London, United Kingdom
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Hospital Door Handle Design and Their Contamination with Bacteria: A Real Life Observational Study. Are We Pulling against Closed Doors?

Hedieh Wojgani,
Catherine Kehsa,
Elaine Cloutman-Green,
Colin Gray,
Vanya Gant,
Nigel Klein

Published: October 15, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040171

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