Infection control in the burn unit

Burns

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-15

  Rafla, Karim ^a   Tredget, Edward E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burn unit; Burns; Infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BURN INFECTION; BURN PATIENT; BURN UNIT; CATHETER INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PATIENT CARE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND CARE; YEAST;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 78650520975     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.06.198     Document Type: Review

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