Hand washing: Changes in the skin flora

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 417-420

  Borges, Lizandra Ferreira de Almeida e ^a   Silva, Bruno Leonardo ^b   Gontijo Filho, Paulo Pinto ^c  

^a Programa de Pós Graduação em Imunologia e Parasitologia Aplicadas   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Medicina

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; SOAP;

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOVE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN FLORA; SKIN IRRITATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BRAZIL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HANDWASHING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; NURSES; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SOAPS;

EID: 34547116903     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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