A survey of infection control practices in the delivery room and nursery to investigate and control the high rate of neonatal sepsis: An experience at a secondary care hospital

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 237-240

  Mahmood, Abid ^a   Ur Rehman, Fazal ^a   Chughtai, Faiqa ^a  

^a Combined Military Hospital ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELIVERY ROOM; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NURSERY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PEDIATRICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ZOONOSIS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DELIVERY ROOMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NURSERIES, HOSPITAL; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 44449117912     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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