Hand contamination of anesthesia providers is an important risk factor for intraoperative bacterial transmission

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-105

  Loftus, Randy W ^a   Muffly, Matthew K ^a   Brown, Jeremiah R ^a   Beach, Michael L ^a   Koff, Matthew D ^a   Corwin, Howard L ^a   Surgenor, Stephen D ^a   Kirkland, Kathryn B ^a   Yeager, Mark P ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOTYPE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 78650941787     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181e7ce18     Document Type: Article

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