Healthcare-related infections outside the hospital: A new frontier for infection control

New Microbiologica

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 350-354

  Moro, Maria Luisa ^a,b   Mongardi, Maria ^a   Marchi, Massimiliano ^a  

^a Agenzia Sanitaria Regionale   (Italy)

^b Agenzia Sanitaria Regionale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Control; Infection; Long term care; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EUROPE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOCIAL CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, NURSING; EUROPE; FACILITY REGULATION AND CONTROL; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; LONG-TERM CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

EMILIA;

EID: 34547934978     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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