Improving efficiency in active surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus at hospital admission

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1230-1235

  Morgan, Daniel J ^a,b   Day, Hannah R ^b   Furuno, Jon P ^b   Young, Atlisa ^b   Johnson, J Kristie ^b   Bradham, Douglas D ^c,d   Perencevich, Eli N ^b,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SKIN CULTURE; SURGICAL WARD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VETERAN;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BALTIMORE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 78649925752     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657335     Document Type: Article

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