Infectious Risk of the Hospital Environment in the Center of Morocco: A Case of Care Unit Surfaces

Infectious Risk of the Hospital Environment in the Center of Morocco: A Case of Care Unit Surfaces

Background. Equipment and hospital surfaces constitute a microbial reservoir that can contaminate hospital users and thus create an infectious risk. The aim of this work, which was carried out for the first time at a hospital in Meknes (regional hospital in the center of Morocco), is to evaluate the...

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Main Authors:	Samira Jaouhar, Abdelhakim El Ouali Lalami, Khadija Ouarrak, Jawad Bouzid, Mohammed Maoulouaa, Khadija Bekhti
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Limited 2020-01-01
Series:	Scientifica
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/1318480

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