Editorial commentary: Climbing the evidentiary hierarchy for environmental infection control

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-39

  McDonald, L Clifford ^a   Arduino, Matthew ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; WART VIRUS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALE;

EID: 84871248232     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis845     Document Type: Note

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