When are the hands of healthcare workers positive for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-111

  Creamer, E ^a   Dorrian, S ^a   Dolan, A ^a   Sherlock, O ^a   Fitzgerald Hughes, D ^a   Thomas, T ^b   Walsh, J ^b   Shore, A ^c   Sullivan, D ^c   Kinnevey, P ^c   Rossney, A S ^d   Cunney, R ^e   Coleman, D ^c   Humphreys, H ^a,b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c DUBLIN DENTAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Hand hygiene agents; Hand hygiene occasions; MRSA screening; Staff hand sampling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HAND HYGIENE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE PRODUCT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL HYGIENE; SAMPLING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

CROSS INFECTION; CULTURE MEDIA; DISINFECTANTS; HAND; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IRELAND; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 77952582709     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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