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Cost of Surgical Site Infections to the Healthcare System
Surgical site infections (SSI) affect 2-3% of patients who undergo surgery. SSIs usually occur due to bacteria and/or other microbes infecting the site of surgery due...
Adhesive tape in the health care setting: another high-risk fomite?
Adhesive tape in the health care setting: another high-risk fomite? TO THE EDITOR: We read with interest the article by Pinto and colleagu.es regarding colonisation of...
Adhesive Tape: Potential Source of Nosocomial Bacteria
DAVID M. BERKOWITZ, WIE-SHING LEE,I GEORGE J. PAZIN, ROBERT B. YEE, AND MONTO HO Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Public Health, and the Division of...
Adhesive tape rolls as a source of infection
1Harris, P.N., Ashhurst-Smith, C., Berenger, S.J., Shoobert, A., Ferguson, J.K. Adhesive tape in the health care setting:another high-risk fomite?. Med J Aust....