Bacterial contamination of computer keyboards in a teaching hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 302-303

  Schultz, Maureen ^a   Gill, Janet ^b   Zubairi, Sabiha ^b   Huber, Ruth ^b   Gordin, Fred ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPUTER; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROCOCCUS; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP D; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

BACTERIA; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FUNGI; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS;

EID: 0038071607     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502200     Document Type: Article

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