Surgical hand scrub practices in orthopaedic surgery

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 414, Issue , 2003, Pages 65-68

  Khan, Adnan ^a   McLaren, Sandra G ^b   Nelson, Carl L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; SELF EVALUATION; SURGEON; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 0041317254     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000084404.53464.17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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