Infection prevention and control in home health care: The nurse's bag
published online 25 June 2009.
This study evaluates bacterial contamination rates of home health care nurses' bags and the patient care equipment found inside. Nurses' bags—a ubiquitous fomite in the home health care environment—may serve as a potential reservoir for multidrug-resistant organisms.
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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