Control of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Where shall we send our hospital director next time?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 314-316

  Harbarth, Stephan ^b   Pittet, Didier ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ANTISEPSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; CROSS INFECTION; EDITORIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNET; JAPAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0037947754     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502211     Document Type: Editorial

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