Control measures for a VRE outbreak in a haemodialysis unit;Mise en œuvre de mesures visant à contrôler une épidémie de portage d'Entérocoques Résistants aux Glycopeptides dans un centre d'hémodialyse

Nephrologie et Therapeutique

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages

  Diguio, N ^a   Chanet, P ^a   Hautemaniere A ^a   Cao Huu, T ^a   Hartemann, P ^a   Kessler, M ^a  

^a CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

Author keywords

Cohorting; haemodialysis; Outbreak; VRE

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLEANING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HAND WASHING; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; SCREENING; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EQUIPMENT; FRANCE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FRANCE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PATIENT ISOLATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 67649781225     PISSN: 17697255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1769-7255(09)74558-4     Document Type: Article

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