Ethics roundtable debate: A patient dies from an ICU-acquired infection related to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - How do you defend your case and your team?

Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-9

  Vincent Jean Louis, J L ^a   Brun Buisson, Christian ^b   Niederman, Michael ^c   Haenni, Christian ^d   Harbarth, Stephan ^e   Sprumont, Dominique ^d   Valencia, Mauricio ^f   Torres, Antoni ^f  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Infection control procedures; Medicolegal; MRSA; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METICILLIN; NIMODIPINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CATHETER INFECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FATALITY; FRANCE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEGLIGENCE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 13844255739     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc3016     Document Type: Article

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