Prevalence of hand dermatitis in inpatient nurses at a United States Hospital

Dermatitis

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 140-142

  Lampel, Heather P ^a   Patel, Nisha ^a   Boyse, Kathryn ^a   O'Brien, Sarah H ^a   Zirwas, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SURGICAL GLOVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348834723     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6620.2007.06024     Document Type: Article

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