Efficacy comparison of three antiseptics for hand washing in operating room
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Role of Hand Washing Antiseptics in Open Containers as Source of Pathogens in Nosocomial Infections
Contaminated hand washing antiseptics act as source of multi-drug and disinfectant resistant isolates in nosocomial infections through hands of Health care workers(HCW). Limited data available necessitated the present study. To determine rate of contaminated hand-washing antiseptic solutions in open containers(cHWAOC) by In-use test. To analyze role of cHWAOC in nosocomial infections as source ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Public Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1101-1262,1464-360X
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckw172.059