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Healthcare Workers with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization and the Use of Contact Precautions in Daily Activities with Patients in an Italian Rehabilitation Hospital: The Importance of Hand Hygiene Training

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Angelo Rossini ,
Maria Pia Balice ,
Ludovica Ciotoli ,
Emilio Guaglianone ,
Gianfranco Donelli  and
Antonino Salvia
Angelo Rossini*
Affiliation:
Fondazione Santa Lucia, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Roma, Italy
Maria Pia Balice
Affiliation:
Fondazione Santa Lucia, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Roma, Italy
Ludovica Ciotoli
Affiliation:
Fondazione Santa Lucia, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Roma, Italy
Emilio Guaglianone
Affiliation:
Fondazione Santa Lucia, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Roma, Italy
Gianfranco Donelli
Affiliation:
Fondazione Santa Lucia, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Roma, Italy Istituto Superiore di Sanitá, Roma, Italy
Antonino Salvia
Affiliation:
Fondazione Santa Lucia, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Roma, Italy
*
Fondazione Santa Lucia, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Via Ardeatina 306, Roma 00179, Italy (a.rossini@hsantalucia.it)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 10 , October 2010 , pp. 1097 - 1098
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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