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Infection control.

D May
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Dee May looks at the prevalence and cost of hospital-acquired infection, how epidemiological changes have influenced the way infections are prevented and managed, and how, in practice, infection should be controlled.

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Cross InfectionEquipment ContaminationHumansInfection ControlInfectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-ProfessionalRisk ManagementJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tReview

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D May. Infection control.. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns2000.03.14.28.51.c2802

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