The best hospital practices for controlling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: On the cutting edge

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 69-76

  Arnold, Meredith S ^a   Dempsey, Jane M ^b   Fishman, Marlene ^c   McAuley, Patricia J ^a   Tibert, Cynthia ^d   Vallande, Nancy C ^e  

^a Kent Hospital   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c St Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island   (United States)

^d PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036191594     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502009     Document Type: Article

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