Advanced technologies to curb healthcare-associated infections

Healthcare Papers

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 51-55

  Boscart, Veronique M ^a   Gorski, Susan ^b   Holliday, Pamela J ^b   Hufton, Graham ^c   Levchenko, Alexander I ^b   Marquez Chin, César ^b   McGilton, Katherine ^a   Momen, Kaveh ^a   Tsang, Mike ^a   Fernie, Geoff R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c iDAPT ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DECISION MAKING; DISINFECTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY;

EID: 67650834935     PISSN: 1488917X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpap.2009.20927     Document Type: Note

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