Environmental auditing in hospitals: Approach and implementation in an university hospital

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-22

  Dettenkofer, M ^a   Kummerer K ^a   Schuster, A ^a   Muhlich M ^a   Scherrer, M ^a   Daschner, F D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Audit; EMAS; Environmental pollution; Hospital ecology; Infection control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL AUDIT; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0030972258     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(97)90087-6     Document Type: Article

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