Contact isolation in surgical patients: A barrier to care?

Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 180-188

  Evans, Heather L ^a,b   Shaffer, Mary M ^a   Hughes, Michael G ^a   Smith, Robert L ^a   Chong, Tae W ^a   Raymond, Daniel P ^a   Pelletier, Shawn J ^a   Pruett, Timothy L ^a   Sawyer, Robert G ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Building MR 4   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL WARD; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0041827123     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/msy.2003.222     Document Type: Article

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