The role of stethoscopes in the transmission of hospital infections

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 30, 2011, Pages 5769-5772

  Kilic, Ibrahim Halil ^a   Ozaslan, Mehmet ^a   Karagoz, Isik Didem ^a   Zer, Yasemin ^a   Savas, Eda ^a   Davutoǧlu, Vedat ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hospital infections; Staphylococcus aureus; Stethoscopes

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER HAEMOLYTICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; STETHOSCOPE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER HAEMOLYTICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79959720284     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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