Impact of an infection control program on the prevalence of nosocomial infections at a tertiary care center in Switzerland

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-43

  Ebnöther, Corina ^a   Tanner, Beate ^a   Schmid, Flavia ^a   La Rocca, Vittoria ^a   Heinzer, Ivo ^a   Bregenzer, Thomas ^a,b  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^b Division of Infectious Diseases   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE;

ALCOHOL BASED HAND RUB; AMINOGLYCOSIDE RESISTANT PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCACEAE; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVENTION STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SWITZERLAND; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME; TIME INTERVAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ETHANOL; GELS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 39449115783     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/524330     Document Type: Article

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