Patients' case-notes: Look but don't touch

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 299-301

  Bebbington, A ^a   Parkin, I ^a   James, P A ^a   Chichester, L J ^a   Kubiak, E M ^a  

^a ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case notes; Cross infection; Hand contamination

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MEDICAL RECORD; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATHOGENICITY; PATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0346329907     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2003.08.016     Document Type: Article

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