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Role of hospital surfaces in the transmission of emerging health care-associated pathogens: Norovirus, Clostridium difficile, and Acinetobacter species

✍ Scribed by David J. Weber; William A. Rutala; Melissa B. Miller; Kirk Huslage; Emily Sickbert-Bennett

Book ID: 116198186
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Weight: 147 KB
Volume: 38
Category: Article
ISSN: 1527-3296
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.04.196

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