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Enhanced Cleaning and Education to Prevent Transmission of Clostridium difficile in Pediatrics
BACKGROUND: Transmission of healthcare-associated Clostridium difficile infection (HA-CDI) has been shown to occur directly or indirectly through a contaminated environment. At a tertiary-care cancer center, HA-CDI rates were higher for pediatric units than for other general oncology units. To addre...
Autores principales: | Aslam, Anoshé, Melendez, Giselle, Wang, Min, Stell, Frederic, Kelly, Paulette, Killinger, James, Dannaoui, Aimee, Riedman, Scott, Lopez, Ruben, Ackerman, Jill, Chou, Alexander, Wexler, Leonard, Smith, David, Sanchez, Stacy, Robilotti, Elizabeth, Kamboj, Mini, Eagan, Janet |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5630824/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1016 |
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