A comparison of the bacteria found on the hands of 'homemakers' and neonatal intensive care unit nurses

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 310-315

  Aiello, A E ^a   Cimiotti, J ^b   Della Latta, P ^c   Larson, E L ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance hospital; Community hand hygiene

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOTHER; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; NURSE; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NURSING STAFF; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARRIER STATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HAND; HANDWASHING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOTHERS; NEW YORK CITY; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0142243422     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(03)00146-4     Document Type: Article

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