The final steps in converting a health care organization to a latex-safe environment

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 224-228

  Brown, Robert H ^a,b   McAllister, Mary A ^b   Gundkch, Ann Michele ^a   Hamilton, Robert G ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; SURGICAL GLOVE;

GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION;

EID: 65349120076     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(09)35030-8     Document Type: Article

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