Bacterial contamination of the hospital environment during wound dressing change

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 441-445

  Sergent, A P ^a   Slekovec, C ^a   Pauchot, J ^a   Jeunet, L ^a   Bertrand, X ^a   Hocquet, D ^a   Pazart, L ^a   Talon, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Colonized wound; Cross transmission; Hospital environment; Nosocomial transmission prevention

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; LEG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BANDAGES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84861748643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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