Sustained reduction in the clinical incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization or infection associated with a multifaceted infection control intervention

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Ellingson, Katherine ^a   Muder, Robert R ^b   Jain, Rajiv ^b   Kleinbaum, David ^a   Feng, Pei Jean I ^a   Cunningham, Candace ^b   Squier, Cheryl ^b   Lloyd, Jon ^b   Edwards, Jonathan ^a   Gebski, Val ^c   Jernigan, John ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHRONOLOGY; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; SURGICAL WARD;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PENNSYLVANIA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 78650761123     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657665     Document Type: Article

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