Knowledge, attitudes, and practice on the prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections among nurses in oncological care: A cross-sectional study in an area of southern Italy.

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Published in PLoS One on June 30, 2017

Authors

Maria Rosaria Esposito1, Assunta Guillari2, Italo Francesco Angelillo2

Author Affiliations

1: Istituto Nazionale Tumori, "Fondazione G. Pascale", Naples, Italy.
2: Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.

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