Ignaz Semmelweis and the birth of infection control

Qual Saf Health Care. 2004 Jun;13(3):233-4. doi: 10.1136/qhc.13.3.233.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Biography
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Austria
  • Cross Infection / history*
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control
  • Hand Disinfection*
  • History, 19th Century
  • Infection Control / history*
  • Infection Control / methods
  • Obstetrics / history*
  • Puerperal Infection / history*
  • Puerperal Infection / prevention & control

Personal name as subject

  • Ignaz Semmelweis