Factors influencing nurses' compliance with Standard Precautions in order to avoid occupational exposure to microorganisms: A focus group study

BMC Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Efstathiou, Georgios ^a   Papastavrou, Evridiki ^a   Raftopoulos, Vasilios ^a   Merkouris, Anastasios ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

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EID: 78651530235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-10-1     Document Type: Article

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