Experience applying the UK meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) guidelines in a tertiary referral hospital in the United Arab Emirates 1999-2002: same guidelines, different cultures

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 323-328

  Jumaa, P A ^a,b   Hateley, P M ^c   Bacon, S ^b   Salabsalo, F L ^b   Neringer, R ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Cultural observations; Guidelines; Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UNITED KINGDOM; WARD;

CAREGIVERS; CROSS INFECTION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 300 TO 499; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PATIENT ISOLATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 36448975463     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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