Compliance with isolation precautions at a University Hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 358-361

  Weber, David J ^a,b,c   Sickbert Bennett, Emily E ^a   Brown, Vickie M ^a   Brooks, Rebecca H ^a   Kittrell, Irene P ^a   Featherstone, Brenda J ^a   Adams, Tina L ^a   Rutala, William A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CB #7030 Bioinformatics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPOSURE; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT ISOLATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 33947596834     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510871     Document Type: Article

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