Emerging pathogens and revisited prevention strategies for the clinical environment.
Emerging pathogens are defined as pathogens that are new, remerging, or have developed drug resistance within the past two decades. This article describes several examples of current emerging pathogens and their effect on healthcare. The spread of these organisms between patients and healthcare work...
| Publicado en: | Orthopaedic Nursing Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 406 - 416 |
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| Formato: | CEU consumer/patient teaching materials exam questions tables/charts Journal Article |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Nov/Dec2005
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