Hospital outbreak control requires joint efforts from hospital management, microbiology and infection control

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-31

  Ransjo U ^a   Lytsy, B ^a   Melhus, A ^a   Aspevall, O ^a   Artinger, C ^a   Eriksson, B M ^a   Gunther G ^a   Hambraeus, A ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CTX M 15; Extended spectrum lactamase; Hand hygiene; Outbreak; Overcrowding; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349284028     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.01.018     Document Type: Article

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