Risk of Hand or Glove Contamination After Contact With Patients Colonized With Vancomycin-ResistantEnterococcusor the Colonized Patients' Environment
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- 1 February 2008
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 29 (2), 149-154
- https://doi.org/10.1086/524331
Abstract
Risk of Hand or Glove Contamination After Contact With Patients Colonized With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus or the Colonized Patients' Environment - Volume 29 Issue 2 - Mary K. Hayden, Donald W. Blom, Elizabeth A. Lyle, Charity G. Moore, Robert A. WeinsteinKeywords
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