How does healthcare worker hand hygiene behaviour impact upon the transmission of MRSA between patients?: An analysis using a Monte Carlo model

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Beggs, Clive B ^a   Shepherd, Simon J ^a   Kerr, Kevin G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARROGATE DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS INFECTION; HAND WASHING; MICROBIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS INFECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 66949125081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-64     Document Type: Article

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