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Infection Prevention for Procedures in Wards

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While we are recognizing the merits of modern medicine and significance of various guidelines in preventing infections including hospital acquired, it is essential to understand the work dynamics of a public hospital in any city in resource-constrained settings. Many invasive procedures are conducted on the patients on the floor like the following:

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  1. Department of Cardiology, G B Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India

    Sushant Wattal

  2. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India

    Neeraj Goel

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  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Virginia, USA

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Wattal, S., Goel, N. (2014). Infection Prevention for Procedures in Wards. In: Wattal, C., Khardori, N. (eds) Hospital Infection Prevention. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1608-7_17

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