The role of institutional epidemiologic weight in guiding infection surveillance and control in community and hospital populations

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 170-174

  Hartley, David M ^a   Furuno, Jon P ^a   Wright, Marc O ^b,e   Smith, David L ^c   Perencevich, Eli N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL WARD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MARYLAND; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRISONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33644886584     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501052     Document Type: Article

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