Nursing Home Infection Control: A Status Report

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 366-369

  Smith, Philip W ^a,b  

^a NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Clarkson Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032062629     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141381     Document Type: Article

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