Effect of targeted surveillance for control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a community hospital system

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 233-238

  West, Timothy E ^a   Guerry, Cile ^b   Hiott, Mary ^c   Morrow, Nancy ^b   Ward, Katherine ^b   Salgado, Cassandra D ^d  

^a Infectious Diseases Consultants and Travel Medicine   (United States)

^b Roper St Francis Healthcare ^*  (United States)

^c Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hosp   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METICILLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FACE MASK; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL GLOVE;

CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PATIENT ISOLATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOUTH CAROLINA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33645571021     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500372     Document Type: Article

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