Another tale of two guidelines [4]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 796-797

  Muto, Carlene A ^a,d   Jarvis, William R ^b   Farr, Barry M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Jason and Jarvis Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; CROSS INFECTION; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD;

CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT ISOLATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33748324516     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507107     Document Type: Letter

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