Active surveillance testing and decontamination strategies in intensive care units to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 361-367

  Kurup, Asok ^a   Chlebicka, Nidhi ^a   Tan, Kwee Yuen ^a   Chen, Eileen Xueqin ^a   Oon, Lynette ^a   Ling, Tan Ai ^a   Ling, Moi Lin ^a   Hong, Jenny Low Guek ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Active surveillance; decontamination; intensive care units; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NOSE SMEAR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ISOLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953025221     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.09.018     Document Type: Article

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