Preventing transmission of infectious agents in the pediatric in-patients hematology-oncology setting: what is the role for non-pharmacological prophylaxis?

• Main Authors: Désirée Caselli (Author), Simone Cesaro (Author), Susanna Livadiotti (Author), Ottavio Ziino (Author), Olivia Paolicchi (Author), Giulio Zanazzo (Author), Giuseppe M. Milano (Author), Maria Licciardello (Author), Angelica Barone (Author), Monica Cellini (Author), De Santis Raffaella (Author), Mareva Giacchino (Author), Mario Renato Rossi (Author), Maurizio Aricò (Author), Elio Castagnola (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Despite a continuous will to protect the immune compromised host from infections, evidence based indications for intervention by non-pharmacological toools are still lacking in oncology. Nevertheless, guidelines on standard precaution and trasmission base precaution are available. They may be import...