Bacterial contamination of patients' medical charts in a surgical ward and the intensive care unit: Impact on nosocomial infections

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-91

  Teng, Sing On ^a   Lee, Wen Sen ^a   Ou, Tsong Yih ^a   Hsieh, Yu Chia ^a   Lee, Wuan Chan ^a,b   Lin, Yi Chun ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cross infection; Intensive care units; Medical records

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; SURGICAL WARD;

CROSS INFECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS;

EID: 67549114454     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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