Nosocomial infections

Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 557-561

  Breathnach, Aodhán S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

catheter related infections; cross infection; hospital infection; meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; nosocomial infection; wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BCG VACCINE; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; METICILLIN; RUBELLA VACCINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASEPSIS; AUTOCLAVE; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CHICKENPOX; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG USE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOROVIRUS; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD; TUBERCULOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; WOUND CARE;

EID: 70349203868     PISSN: 13573039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2009.07.008     Document Type: Review

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