Effect of contact precautions on wait time from emergency room disposition to inpatient admission

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 298-299

  McLemore, Aaron ^a   Bearman, Gonzalo ^a   Edmond, Michael B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; WATCHFUL WAITING;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT ISOLATION;

EID: 79952394547     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/658913     Document Type: Letter

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