Infection control, hospital epidemiology, and patient safety

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 647-665

  Coffin, Susan E ^a,b   Zaoutis, Theoklis E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 23644443085     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2005.05.002     Document Type: Review

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