Infection control: Old problems and new challenges

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 637-645

  Macías, Alejandro E ^a   Ponce De León, Samuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cross infection; Hospital infection; Infection control; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEM; VANCOMYCIN; WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTISEPSIS; BACTEREMIA; CHEMOTHERAPY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISINFECTION; EMPLOYEE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD; GENE THERAPY; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HEPATITIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY; MICROBIOLOGY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESERVOIR; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TERRORISM; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CROSS INFECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS, VIRAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 26444453608     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.05.004     Document Type: Review

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