The role of gown and glove isolation and strict handwashing in the reduction of nosocomial infection in children with solid organ transplantation

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 405-412

  Slota, Margaret ^a   Green, Michael ^a   Farley, Adrianne ^a   Janosky, Janine ^b   Carcillo, Joseph ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Infection, prevention and control; Nosocomial infection; Organ transplantation; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOVE; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035113389     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200102000-00034     Document Type: Article

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