Can identification badges be vectors of infection: Experience from a tertiary care center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Can identification badges be vectors of infection: Experience from a tertiary care center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Background: Wearing identification badges is mandatory in many hospitals. Identification badges worn by healthcare workers may be contaminated with pathogens. Objective: The objective of this study is to determine the levels and types of contamination on identification badges of healthcare workers a...

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Main Authors: Fahad Alfarawi, Khalid Alshamardl, Muhammad Almutairi, Alwaleed Alyamani, Saif Aldhali, Faisal Alassaf, Abdulmajeed Alfadhel, Msab Aldakheel, Ali Almuhesseny, Sameera Aljohani, Ebrahim Mahmoud, Adel Alothman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Subjects:
Colonization
hospital
identification badges
infection
Saudi Arabia transmission
Online Access:http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2019;volume=8;issue=5;spage=1599;epage=1601;aulast=Alfarawi

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http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2019;volume=8;issue=5;spage=1599;epage=1601;aulast=Alfarawi

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