Effect of an infection control program on the frequency of nosocomial viral respiratory infections

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 556-558

  Gómez Villa, Ramiro J ^a   Comas García, Andreu ^a   López Rojas, Vicente ^a,b   Pérez González, Luis F ^a,b   Sánchez Alvarado, Josefina ^a   Salazar Zaragoza, Rocío ^b   Ruiz González, Juana M ^b   Alpuche Solís, Ángel G ^c   Noyola, Daniel E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL CENTRAL DR IGNACIO MORONES PRIETO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WINTER;

EID: 46349091504     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588000     Document Type: Article

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