Clostridium difficile: How much do hospital staff know about it?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 464-469

  Aroori, Somaiah ^a   Blencowe, Natalie ^a   Pye, Geoff ^a   West, Reuben ^a  

^a WESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Nursing staff; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MICROBIOLOGY; NURSING STAFF; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENGLAND; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70350436496     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588409X432310     Document Type: Article

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