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Infection Prevention and Control in Three Tertiary Healthcare Facilities in Freetown, Sierra Leone during the COVID-19 Pandemic: More Needs to Be Done!

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures are critical to the reduction in healthcare-associated infections, especially during pandemics, such as that of COVID-19. We conducted a hospital-based cross-sectional study in August 2021 at Connaught Hospital, Princess Christian Maternity Hospital an...

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Autores principales:	Kamara, Ibrahim Franklyn, Tengbe, Sia Morenike, Fofanah, Bobson Derrick, Bunn, James Edward, Njuguna, Charles Kuria, Kallon, Christiana, Kumar, Ajay M. V.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	MDPI 2022
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9105082/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35564669 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095275

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