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Effect of a Training Program for Hospital Cleaning Staff on Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Nese Demirturk  and
Tuna Demirdal
Nese Demirturk*
Affiliation:
Departments of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Medical Faculty, Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey
Tuna Demirdal
Affiliation:
Departments of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Medical Faculty, Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey
*
Ali Cetinkaya Kampusu, Izmir yolu, 9 km., Kocatepe Universitesi Tip Fakültesi Hastanesi, Infeksiyon Hastaliklari ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji AD, 03200 Afyon, Turkey (nesed60@ hotmail.com)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 12 , December 2006 , pp. 1410 - 1412
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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