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. 2001 Mar-Apr;7(2):263–267. doi: 10.3201/eid0702.010223

Hospital infection control in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients.

C A Dykewicz 1
PMCID: PMC2631726  PMID: 11294720

Abstract

Guidelines for Preventing Opportunistic Infections Among Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients contains a section on hospital infection control including evidence-based recommendations regarding ventilation, construction, equipment, plants, play areas and toys, health-care workers, visitors, patient skin and oral care, catheter-related infections, drug-resistant organisms, and specific nosocomial infections. These guidelines are intended to reduce the number and severity of hospital infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients.

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