Should we screen low risk patients for meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7727, 2009, Pages 949-951

  Millar, Michael ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFORMED CONSENT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMED CONSENT; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 70350306707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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