Hospital networks and the dispersal of hospital-acquired pathogens by patient transfer.
Hospital-acquired infections (HAI) are often seen as preventable incidents that result from unsafe practices or poor hospital hygiene. This however ignores the fact that transmissibility is not only a property of the causative organisms but also of the hosts who can translocate bacteria when moving...
Main Authors: | Tjibbe Donker, Jacco Wallinga, Richard Slack, Hajo Grundmann |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3338821?pdf=render |
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