From the 4th Decennial International Conference: Infection control dogma: Top 10 suspects

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 243-247

  Manangan, Lilia P ^a   Pugliese, Gina ^b   Jackson, Marguerite ^d   Lynch, Patricia ^c   Sohn, Annette H ^a,e   Sinkowitz Cochran, Ronda L ^a   Jarvis, William R ^a  

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

^b Premier Safety Institute   (United States)

^c Epidemiology   (United States)

^d UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONGRESSES; DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONERS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035026769     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501894     Document Type: Conference Paper

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