Reevaluating practice changes: Return to standard precautions after an outbreak of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella oxytoca

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 57-62

  Giramonti, Karla M ^b   Johnson Robbins, Lauren A ^b   Weatherwax, Donna L ^b   Horgan, Michael J ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

ESBL; Latex exposure; Latex sensitivity; NICU; Standard precautioning

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; UNITED STATES;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; NEW YORK; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 0033630848     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200001000-00008     Document Type: Article

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