Effect of alcohol-gel hand hygiene on nosocomial infections due to multi-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae;Efecto del uso de alcohol en gel sobre las infecciones nosocomiales por Klebsiella pneumoniae multirresistente

Medicina

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 715-720

  Bermejo, Joaquin ^a   Wertz, Arnoldo ^a   Bencomo, Blanca ^a   Lesnaberes, Patricia ^a   Notario, Rodolfo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ESPAÑOL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alcohol gel; Hand hygiene; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; GEL; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ARGENTINA; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ETHANOL; GELS; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0346966102     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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