Can a fashion statement harm the patient? Long and artificial nails may cause nosocomial infections

Am J Nurs. 2000 Sep;100(9):63-5. doi: 10.1097/00000446-200009000-00043.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cross Infection / etiology*
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Hand / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Nails / microbiology*
  • Nurses*
  • Pseudomonas Infections / etiology
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification
  • Serratia Infections / etiology
  • United States / epidemiology