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Infection control: past, present, and future issues
J D Whitehouse1, D J Sexton, K B Kirkland
1Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Comprehensive Therapy
|April 16, 1998
Abstract:
Primary care providers serve as role models for the prevention of nosocomial infections through membership on hospital infection-control committees and daily patient care. This article will review five fundamental infection control measures: surveillance, isolation, hand washing, disinfection, and sterilization.