Infection control in hemodialysis units

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 797-812

  Tokars, Jerome I ^a,c   Arduino, Matthew J ^b,c   Alter, Miriam J ^d  

^a Healthcare Outcomes Branch   (United States)

^b Hospital Environment Laboratory Branch   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIALYSIS FLUID;

ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT; GLOVE; HAND WASHING; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; REVIEW; VACCINATION; VASCULAR ACCESS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0034856953     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5520(05)70173-2     Document Type: Article

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