Bacterial counts from hospital doctors' ties are higher than those from shirts

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-80

  Lopez, Pedro Jose ^a   Ron, Ori ^a   Parthasarathy, Prabha ^a   Soothill, James ^a   Spitz, Lewis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOTHING; COLONY FORMING UNIT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CLOTHING; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 58549115530     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.09.018     Document Type: Article

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