Prevalence of healthcare-associated infection in Scottish intensive care units

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 308-310

  Cairns, S ^a   Reilly, J ^a   Booth, M ^a  

^a HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthcare associated infection; Intensive care unit; Point prevalence survey; Scotland

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; GLYCOPEPTIDE; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MONOBACTAM DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; STREPTOGRAMIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SCOTLAND; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349308594     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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