The effect of rings on microbial load of health care workers' hands

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-27

  Salisbury, Diana M ^a   Hutfilz, Peggyann ^a   Treen, Lisa M ^a   Bollin, Gary E ^a   Gautam, Shiva ^b  

^a AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0031041516     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-6553(97)90049-3     Document Type: Article

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