Hospital Cleaning and Infection Control -The Collaboration between Hospital Cleaning Outsourced Staff and Infection Control Teams-
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Effect of a training program for hospital cleaning staff on prevention of hospital-acquired infection.
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Infection Prevention and Control
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1882-532X,1883-2407
DOI: 10.4058/jsei.34.14