Health care workers causing large nosocomial outbreaks: a systematic review
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Health care workers causing large nosocomial outbreaks: a systematic review
BACKGROUNDS Staff in the hospital itself may be the source of a nosocomial outbreak (NO). But the role of undetected carriers as an outbreak source is yet unknown. METHODS A systematic review was conducted to evaluate outbreaks caused by health care workers (HCW). The Worldwide Outbreak Database and PubMed served as primary sources of data. Articles in English, German or French were included....
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-98