Multi-resistant infections in repatriated patients after natural disasters: lessons learned from the 2004 tsunami for hospital infection control

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Uckay I ^a   Sax, H ^a   Harbarth, S ^a   Bernard, L ^b,c   Pittet, D ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Air evacuation; Air transport; Infection control; Multi drug resistance; Multi resistant isolation; Natural disaster; Pre emptive; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLOXACILLIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; METICILLIN;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISASTER; EPIDEMIC; FRACTURE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVOR; TSUNAMI; VICTIM; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; WOUND INFECTION;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INDIAN OCEAN; NATURAL DISASTERS; PATIENT TRANSFER; TRAVEL; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 37749054307     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2007.10.018     Document Type: Review

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