Should doctors wear ties?

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-228

  Ditchburn, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLOTHING; HUMAN; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CLOTHING; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; FOMITES; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; SCOTLAND; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 33646371218     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2006.01.027     Document Type: Letter

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