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Staphylococcus aureus: What Are the Levels of Contamination of Common-Access Environmental Surfaces?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Maureen Boost ,
Margaret O'Donoghue ,
See Chung Him  and
Cheung Man Keung
Maureen Boost*
Affiliation:
Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Horn, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Margaret O'Donoghue
Affiliation:
School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Horn, Kowloon, Hong Kong
See Chung Him
Affiliation:
Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Horn, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Cheung Man Keung
Affiliation:
Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Horn, Kowloon, Hong Kong
*
Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Horn, Kowloon, Hong Kong (htmboost@polyu.edu.hk)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , February 2008 , pp. 194 - 196
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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