Best‐practice protocols: Reducing harm from mrsa

Nursing Management

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 22-27

  Richmond, Ira ^a   Bernstein, Alan ^a   Creen, Cheryl ^a   Cunningham, Candace ^a   Rudy, Mary ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PENNSYLVANIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348905635     PISSN: 07446314     EISSN: 15388670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000286186.14056.25     Document Type: Article

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