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Likelihood of Environmental Contamination of Patient Rooms in Six Acute Care Facilities based on Facility, Unit-Type, and Precautions Status

BACKGROUND: Environmental contamination may play a critical role in ARO (antibiotic-resistant organism) transmission. The objective of this study was to estimate facility-unit contamination in 6 healthcare facilities and determine if differences existed among facilities, unit types, and room contact...

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Autores principales: Tanner, Windy, Zhang, Yue, Leecaster, Molly, Stratford, Kristina, Mayer, Jeanmarie, Croft, Lindsay D, Alhmidi, Heba, Cadnum, Jennifer, Jencson, Annette, Koganti, Srilatha, Piedrahita, Christina, Donskey, Curtis J, Jernigan, John A, Noble-Wang, Judith, Reddy, Sujan, Rose, Laura J, Slayton, Rachel, Barko, Lauren, Ide, Emma, Wipperfurth, Tyler, Safdar, Nasia, Hughes, Maria, Macke, Colleen, Roman, Patti, Krein, Sarah, Loc-Carrillo, Catherine, Samore, Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631651/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.348