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Am J Infect Control
; 37(6): 476-7, 2009 Aug.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19243858
RESUMEN
We examined bacterial colonization of wristwatches worn by 100 health care personnel in a community-teaching hospital. Seventy-eight percent of the wristwatches were colonized with bacterial skin flora, with only 1 of the 100 watches growing a potential pathogen, Staphylococcus aureus. Watches are unlikely to be sources of health-care associated pathogens.