Frequent multidrug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii contamination of gloves, gowns, and hands of healthcare workers

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 716-721

  Morgan, Daniel J ^a   Liang, Stephen Y ^a   Smith, Catherine L ^a   Johnson, J Kristie ^a   Harris, Anthony D ^a   Furuno, Jon P ^a   Thom, Kerri A ^a   Snyder, Graham M ^a   Day, Hannah R ^a   Perencevich, Eli N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; HAND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WOUND DRESSING; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECTS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MARYLAND; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTORS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

EID: 77953856073     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653201     Document Type: Article

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