Empowering your patients in the fight against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 204-211

  Tisinger, Christine K ^a  

^a Doctor's Hospital of Sarasota   (United States)

Author keywords

Community acquired MRSA; Hospital acquired MRSA; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOMITE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LAUNDRY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOMITES; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LAUNDERING; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SELF CARE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 41649121907     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2007.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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