The role of the intensive care unit environment and health-care workers in the transmission of bacteria associated with hospital acquired infections

• Main Authors: Elahe Tajeddin (Author), Marjan Rashidan (Author), Maryam Razaghi (Author), Sima S.S. Javadi (Author), Somayeh J. Sherafat (Author), Masoud Alebouyeh (Author), Mohammad R. Sarbazi (Author), Nahid Mansouri (Author), Mohammad R. Zali (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: The goal of this study was to attempt to determine the rate of contamination of health-care workers' (HCWs) hands and environmental surfaces in intensive care units (ICU) by the main bacteria associated with hospital acquired infections (HAIs) in Tehran, Iran. A total of 605 and 762 sw...