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Evaluation of the Levels and Quality of Microbial Contamination in Medical Emergency Departments in Comparison to Other Workplaces

Polish Journal of Microbiology
Volume 65 (2016): Issue 4 (December 2016)
By: AGATA BIELAWSKA-DRÓZD,  BOŻENA WLIZŁO-SKOWRONEK,  PIOTR CIEŚLIK,  IZABELA WINNICKA,  EWA SKOPIŃSKA-RÓŻEWSKA,  LESZEK KUBIAK,  DOROTA ŻAKOWSKA,  ALEKSANDRA BREWCZYŃSKA and  JANUSZ KOCIK  
Open Access
|Feb 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5604/17331331.1227673 | Journal eISSN: 2544-4646 | Journal ISSN: 1733-1331
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Language: English
Page range: 465 - 469
Submitted on: Dec 2, 2015
Accepted on: Feb 1, 2016
Published on: Feb 28, 2016
Published by: Polish Society of Microbiologists
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
harmful biological agents,
Hospital Emergency Department,
antimicrobial resistance,
microbiological monitoring surface and air samples
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Microbiology and virology

© 2016 AGATA BIELAWSKA-DRÓZD, BOŻENA WLIZŁO-SKOWRONEK, PIOTR CIEŚLIK, IZABELA WINNICKA, EWA SKOPIŃSKA-RÓŻEWSKA, LESZEK KUBIAK, DOROTA ŻAKOWSKA, ALEKSANDRA BREWCZYŃSKA, JANUSZ KOCIK, published by Polish Society of Microbiologists
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