Compliance With Universal Precautions Among Pediatric Residents
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Compliance with universal precautions among pediatric residents.
BACKGROUND There are few data on the rate of compliance with universal precautions among pediatricians. We hypothesized that compliance in pediatrics would be poor because of the intrinsic difficulties in performing invasive procedures in small subjects. DESIGN Prospective, observational study. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. STUDY PARTICIPANTS A convenience sample of pediatric...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1072-4710
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.152.6.554