Debugging a liver transplant unit.
A project was implemented in the South Australian Liver Transplant Unit (Ward 5E), based at Flinders Medical Centre. The aim of the project was to try and reduce the transmission of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) following a significant increase in new VRE cases reported on the ward over a s...
| Publicado en: | Transplant Journal of Australasia Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 22 - 26 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Cambridge Publishing
Mar2012
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