To gown or not to gown: The effect on acquisition of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 18-25

  Puzniak, Laura A ^a   Leet, Terry ^a   Mayfield, Jennie ^b   Kollef, Marin ^c   Mundy, Linda M ^d  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

COMPLIANCE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0036642502     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340739     Document Type: Article

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