The role of the intensive care unit environment and health-care workers in the transmission of bacteria associated with hospital acquired infections

Summary: The goal of this study was to attempt to determine the rate of contamination of health-care workers’ (HCWs) hands and environmental surfaces in intensive care units (ICU) by the main bacteria associated with hospital acquired infections (HAIs) in Tehran, Iran. A total of 605 and 762 swab sa...

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Main Authors: Elahe Tajeddin, Marjan Rashidan, Maryam Razaghi, Sima S.S. Javadi, Somayeh J. Sherafat, Masoud Alebouyeh, Mohammad R. Sarbazi, Nahid Mansouri, Mohammad R. Zali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034115001070