title: Can a fashion statement harm the patient? Long and artificial nails may cause nosocomial infections.
authors.affiliation: Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, USA.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Winslow
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Jacobson
mesh_terms: 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