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Hospital ward design and prevention of hospital-acquired infections: A prospective clinical trial.

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Published in Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol on September 01, 2014

Authors

Jennifer Ellison1, Danielle Southern2, Donna Holton3, Elizabeth Henderson4, Jean Wallace5, Peter Faris2, William A Ghali6, John Conly7

Author Affiliations

1: Alberta Health Services, Calgary and Area, Calgary, Alberta.
2: Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta ; Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
3: Alberta Health Services, Calgary and Area, Calgary, Alberta ; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
4: Alberta Health Services, Calgary and Area, Calgary, Alberta ; Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
5: Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
6: Alberta Health Services, Calgary and Area, Calgary, Alberta ; Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta ; Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta ; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
7: Alberta Health Services, Calgary and Area, Calgary, Alberta ; Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta ; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta ; Calvin, Phoebe and Joan Synder Institute for Chronic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary and Area, Calgary, Alberta.

Associated clinical trials:

Hospital Design and Risk of Nosocomial Infections: A Prospective Controlled Trial | NCT00563186

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