Home- versus hospital-laundered scrubs: A pilot study

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 106-110

  Jurkovich, Priscilla ^a  

^a Boulder Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria growth and development; Hospital laundering standards; Laundry service

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; DATA ANALYSIS; HOME; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LAUNDRY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SAMPLE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HEAT; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; HEAT; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LAUNDERING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

EID: 2442477291     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200403000-00009     Document Type: Review

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