Cross sectional study on sterilization in a tertiary cardiac Hospital of Bangladesh

Sifat Uz Zaman^¹,², Israt Sadia³, Samina Haque ⁴, M Mushfequr Rahman ⁵

^¹Department of Microbiology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

^²Division of Infection Prevention & Control, Medlife Healthcare Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

^³Department of Infection Control, Labaid Cardiac Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

⁴Bangladesh Psychiatric Care Ltd, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

⁵Department of Microbiology, BRB Hospitals Ltd, Dhaka, Bangladesh

*Corresponding author: sifat.zaman9@gmail.com

Received: Nov 30, 2021 / Revised: Dec 13, 2021/ Accepted: Dec 21, 2021

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Zaman, S.U., Sadia, I., Haque, S. and Rahman, M. M. (2021). Cross Sectional Study on Sterilization in a Tertiary Cardiac Hospital of Bangladesh. Science Archives, Vol. 2 (4) 316-319. http://dx.doi.org/10.47587/SA.2021.2407

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