Infection acquisition following intensive care unit room privatization

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-38

  Teltsch, Dana Y ^a   Hanley, James ^a   Loo, Vivian ^b   Goldberg, Peter ^b   Gursahaney, Ash ^b   Buckeridge, David L ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENTS' ROOMS; QUEBEC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 78651273197     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.469     Document Type: Article

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