Environmental reservoirs of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in isolation rooms: Correlation with patient isolates and implications for hospital hygiene

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-194

  Sexton, T ^a   Clarke, P ^b   O'Neill, E ^a,b   Dillane, T ^b   Humphreys, H ^a,b  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Air; Decontamination; Environment; Isolation rooms; MRSA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISINFECTION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PATIENT ISOLATION; PATIENTS' ROOMS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 30344485740     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2005.07.017     Document Type: Article

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