Can a fashion statement harm the patient? Long and artificial nails may cause nosocomial infections.
Winslow
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Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, USA.
Jacobson
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D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009262:Nails / Q000382:microbiology*; D009726:Nurses; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000209:etiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016868:Serratia Infections / Q000209:etiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology