Healthcare-associated infection in developing countries: Simple solutions to meet complex challenges

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1323-1327

  Allegranzi, Benedetta ^a   Pittet, Didier ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DEVICE INFECTION; DRUG COST; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CROSS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CROSS INFECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 38449118597     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521656     Document Type: Note

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