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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Infection and Public Health |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034115001070 |