Infection control challenges in deployed US military treatment facilities

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages

  Hospenthal, Duane R ^a,b,c   Crouch, Helen K ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^c SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat; Infection; Infection control; Military; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HYGIENE; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; IRAQ; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; STANDARD; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; CROSS INFECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 68049142894     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31819cdd96     Document Type: Review

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