White coats as a vehicle for bacterial dissemination

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1381-1384

  Banu, Asima ^a   Anand, Mridu ^a   Nagi, Nagarjun ^a  

^a Bengaluru Medical College and Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Nosocomial infection; White coat

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLEANING; CLOTHING; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COLLAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POCKET; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WASHING;

EID: 84867507660     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2012/4286.2364     Document Type: Article

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