Colonization of personal digital assistants carried by healthcare professionals

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1000-1001

  Hassoun, Ali ^a   Vellozzi, Ernestine M ^b   Smith, Miriam A ^a,b  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLEANING; COMPUTER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FUNGI; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NEW YORK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 9244225610     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502334     Document Type: Article

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