Point-of-care universal screening for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus : a cluster-randomized cross-over trial
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Hospital Infection
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0195-6701
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.08.017