The infection control management of MRSA in acute care

International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 440-467

  Halcomb, Elizabeth J ^a   Fernandez, Ritin ^a,b   Griffiths, Rhonda ^a   Newton, P J ^c   Hickman, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Centre for Applied Nursing Research   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross infection; Equipment contamination; Infection control; MRSA; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859712568     PISSN: 17441595     EISSN: 17441609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1609.2008.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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