Increased use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers and successful eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from a neonatal intensive care unit: A multivariate time series analysis

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 529-534

  Sakamoto, Fumie ^a   Yamada, Hiroko ^a   Suzuki, Chieko ^a   Sugiura, Hideko ^a   Tokuda, Yasuharu ^b  

^a ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

colonization pressure; hand hygiene; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA; neonatal intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE PATIENT RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

ALCOHOLS; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 77956228622     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.12.014     Document Type: Article

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