Infection control strategies for preventing the transmission of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in nursing homes for older people

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Hughes, Carmel M ^a   Smith, M B H ^b   Tunney, M M ^b   Hughes, C ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISINFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NURSING HOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DECONTAMINATION;

EID: 44949117621     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006354.pub2     Document Type: Review

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