An evaluation of hand hygiene in an intensive care unit: Are visitors a potential vector for pathogens?

Summary: Patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) are frequently immunocompromised and might be highly susceptible to infection. Visitors to an ICU who do not adequately clean their hands could carry pathogenic organisms, resulting in risk to a vulnerable patient population. This observational study...

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Main Authors: David J. Birnbach (Author), Lisa F. Rosen (Author), Maureen Fitzpatrick (Author), Kristopher L. Arheart (Author), L. Silvia Munoz-Price (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Elsevier, 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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3rd Floor Main Library

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