Effectiveness of Routine Patient Bathing to Decrease the Burden of Spores on the Skin of Patients withClostridium difficileInfection
- 1 February 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 32 (2), 181-184
- https://doi.org/10.1086/657911
Abstract
Effectiveness of Routine Patient Bathing to Decrease the Burden of Spores on the Skin of Patients with Clostridium difficile Infection - Volume 32 Issue 2 - Lucy A. Jury, Dubert M. Guerrero, Christopher J. Burant, Jennifer L. Cadnum, Curtis J. DonskeyKeywords
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