303Comparison of Environmental MRSA Levels on High Touch Surfaces in Contact Isolation and Non-Contact Isolation Patient Rooms: A Veterans Hospital Study
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303. Comparison of EnvironmentalMRSA Levels onHigh Touch Surfaces in Contact Isolation and Non-Contact Isolation Patient Rooms: AVeterans Hospital Study Chetan Jinadatha, MD, MPH; Donna Brown, RN; Kimberly Sikes; Nagaraja Ganachari-Mallappa, PhD; Infectious Disease Division, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, TX; Department of Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Bryan, TX
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تاریخ انتشار 2014