Acquisition of spores on gloved hands after contact with the skin of patients with Clostridium difficile infection and with environmental surfaces in their rooms
- 1 August 2012
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in American Journal of Infection Control
- Vol. 40 (6), 556-558
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2011.08.002
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