Contamination of doctors' and nurses' pens with nosocomial pathogens [3]

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9097, 1998, Pages 213-

  French, G ^a   Rayner, D ^a   Branson, M ^a   Walsh, M ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032539445     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)78182-4     Document Type: Letter

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