Physician accessories: Doctor, what you carry is every patient's worry

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 711-713

  Pandey, Anita ^a   Asthana, Ashish K ^a   Tiwari, Rupesh ^a   Kumar, Lalit ^a   Das, Anupam ^a   Madan, Molly ^a  

^a SUBHARTI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Hospital infection; nosocomial infection; physician accessories

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANDIDA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

BACTERIA; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 78149387344     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.72047     Document Type: Article

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