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

• Hauptverfasser: David J. Birnbach (Verfasst von), Lisa F. Rosen (Verfasst von), Maureen Fitzpatrick (Verfasst von), Kristopher L. Arheart (Verfasst von), L. Silvia Munoz-Price (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Elsevier, 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
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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...