Significant reduction of nosocomial pneumonia after introduction of disinfection of upper airways using povidone-iodine in geriatric wards

Dermatology

Volumn 212, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 98-102

  Masaki, Hironori ^a,b,c   Nagatake, Tsuyoshi ^b   Asoh, Norichika ^b   Yoshimine, Hiroyuki ^b   Watanabe, Kiwao ^b   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^b   Oishi, Kazunori ^b   Rikitomi, Naoto ^c   Matsumoto, Keizo ^c  

^a Tagami Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Aino Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geriatric long term care ward; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Nosocomial pneumonia; Povidone iodine; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Respiratory infection; Upper airways

Indexed keywords

POVIDONE IODINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GERIATRICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; NOSE CAVITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MOUTH; NASAL CAVITY; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POVIDONE-IODINE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33745245083     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089206     Document Type: Conference Paper

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