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A case study of a real-time evaluation of the risk of disease transmission associated with a failure to follow recommended sterilization procedures
BACKGROUND: Failures to follow recommendations for reprocessing of surgical instruments may place patients at risk for exposure to pathogenic microorganisms. When such failures occur, medical facilities often face considerable uncertainty and challenges in assessing the actual risks of disease trans...
Autores principales: | Donskey, Curtis J, Yowler, Marian, Falck-Ytter, Yngve, Kundrapu, Sirisha, Salata, Robert A, Rutala, William A |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3996191/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24447336 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2047-2994-3-4 |
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