Modelling the usefulness of a dedicated cohort facility to prevent the dissemination of MRSA

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-62

  Talon, Daniel ^a   Vichard, P ^a   Muller, A ^a   Bertin, M ^a   Jeunet, L ^a   Bertrand, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

Colonization pressure; Dedicated cohort facility; Isolation; MRSA

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL WARD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CROSS INFECTION; FRANCE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; FRANCE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT ISOLATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0141611704     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(03)00086-0     Document Type: Article

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