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Bacterial colonization of healthcare workers’ mobile phones in the ICU and effectiveness of sanitization

Louaï MissriRamsay-Générale de Santé, Hôpital Privé Claude Galien, Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Quincy-sous-Sénart, France;
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Daniel SmiljkovskiRamsay-Générale de Santé, Hôpital Privé Claude Galien, Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Quincy-sous-Sénart, France;
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Gwénolé PrigentCerballiance, Site Wissous, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, France;
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Aude LesenneCerballiance, Site Wissous, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, France;
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Thomas ObadiaInstitut Pasteur, Unité Malaria: parasites et Hôtes, Département parasites et insectes vecteurs, Paris, France; ;Institut Pasteur - Hub Bioinformatique et Biostatistique, Paris, France;
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Mohsen JoumaaRamsay-Générale de Santé, Hôpital Privé Claude Galien, Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Quincy-sous-Sénart, France;
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Riad ChelhaRamsay-Générale de Santé, Hôpital Privé Claude Galien, Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Quincy-sous-Sénart, France;
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Ludivine Chalumeau-LemoineRamsay-Générale de Santé, Hôpital Privé Claude Galien, Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Quincy-sous-Sénart, France;
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Edouard ObadiaRamsay-Générale de Santé, Hôpital Privé Claude Galien, Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Quincy-sous-Sénart, France; ;Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal André Grégoire, Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Montreuil, France;
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Arnaud GalboisRamsay-Générale de Santé, Hôpital Privé Claude Galien, Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Quincy-sous-Sénart, France; ;AP-HP, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Saint-Antoine, Service de Réanimation Médicale, Paris, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 97-100 | Published online: 04 Feb 2019

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