Nurses' experience with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE)

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 126-133

  Mitchell, Ann ^a   Cummins, Teresa ^b   Spearing, Natalie ^b   Adams, June ^b   Gilroy, Lisa ^b  

^a MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MATER ADULT HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cohorting; Infection control; Nurses' coping; Outbreak management; Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0036356776     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2002.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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