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Health care worker carriage of drug-resistant bacteria and infection control practices at a tertiary care hospital in Uganda: a cross-sectional survey

INTRODUCTION: bacterial carriage by health care workers (HCWs) is a major risk factor for transmission of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Often, these pathogens are multiple drug resistant (MDR) and are transmitted from hospital environments. We aimed to study the carriage of pathogenic bac...

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Autores principales:	Bulwadda, Daniel, Kakooza, Francis, Waswa, John Paul, Kyobe, Henry Bosa, Sembatya, Moses, Kiggundu, Reuben
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	The African Field Epidemiology Network 2023
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10460105/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37637391 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2023.45.68.36315

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