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Impact of Physicians’ Mindfulness Attitudes toward Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Anucha Apisarnthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand
Pansachee Damronglerd
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand
Atibordee Meesing
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand
Sasinuj Rutjanawech
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand
Thana Khawcharoenporn
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand 12120 ([email protected]).
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Abstract

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Type
Letter to the Editor
Copyright
© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

References

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