Impact of rapid screening tests on acquisition of meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Cluster randomised crossover trial

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7650, 2008, Pages 927-930

  Jeyaratnam, Dakshika ^a,b,d   Whitty, Christopher J M ^c   Phillips, Katie ^a   Liu, Dongmei ^c   Orezzi, Christina ^a   Ajoku, Uchechukwu ^a   French, Gary L ^a,b  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WARD; WOUND INFECTION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 43049121028     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39525.579063.BE     Document Type: Article

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