Hand washing and use of gloves while managing patients receiving mechanical ventilation in the ICU

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Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 172-175

  Khatib, Mohamad ^a,b   Jamaleddine, Ghassan ^a   Abdallah, Afif ^a   Ibrahim, Youssef ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Gloves; Hand washing; ICU; Mechanical ventilators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; GLOVE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTILATOR; VISUAL AID;

EID: 0032778295     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.1.172     Document Type: Article

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