Assessment and risk reduction of infectious pathogens on chiropractic treatment tables

Chiropractic and Osteopathy

Volumn 15, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Evans Jr , Marion Willard ^a   Breshears, Jennell ^a   Campbell, Alan ^b   Husbands, Chris ^b   Rupert, Ronald ^b  

^a Research Institute   (United States)

^b Parker College of Chiropractic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT; METICILLIN;

ACCREDITATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISINFECTION; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SANITATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 34347239314     PISSN: 17461340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1340-15-8     Document Type: Article

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