Preventing infections acquired during health-care delivery

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9651, 2008, Pages 1719-1720

  Allegranzi, Benedetta ^a   Pittet, Didier ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 55949116976     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61715-8     Document Type: Note

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