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Portable Medical Equipment: A Network Analysis Showing the Potential Missing Link in Infection Prevention Practices

BACKGROUND: High-touch surfaces in the hospital environment, such as bed rails, tray tables, and supply carts, are considered important in the epidemiology of transmission of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). If not removed adequately, pathogens can remain viable on fomites for months, servin...

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Autores principales: Jinadatha, Chetan, Villamaria, Frank, Coppin, John, Dale, Charles, Williams, Marjory, Whitworth, Ryan, Stibich, Mark
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/PMC5632045/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.339