Developing a broader approach to management of infection control breaches in health care settings

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 685-690

  Patel, Priti R ^a   Srinivasan, Arjun ^a   Perz, Joseph F ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 57149139001     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.04.255     Document Type: Note

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