Infection prevention and control practices related to Clostridium difficile infection in Canadian acute and long-term care institutions

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 177-182

  Wilkinson, Krista ^a   Gravel, Denise ^a   Taylor, Geoffrey ^b   McGeer, Allison ^c   Simor, Andrew ^d,aa   Suh, Kathryn ^e   Moore, Dorothy ^f   Kelly, Sharon ^g   Boyd, David ^h   Mulvey, Michael ^h   Mounchili, Aboubakar ^a   Miller, Mark ⁱ   Bryce, Elizabeth ^j   Conly, John ^k   DeHeer, Janice ^l   Embil, John ^m   Embree, Joanne ^m   Forgie, Sarah ⁿ   Frenette, Charles ^o   Golding, George ^h   Henderson, Elizabeth ^p   Hutchinson, James ^g   John, Michael ^q   Johnston, Lynn ^r   Katz, Kevin ^s   Kibsey, Pamela ^t   Kuhn, Magdalena ^u   Langley, Joann ^v   Lemieux, Camill ^w   Lesaux, Nicol ^x   Loeb, Mark ^y   Matlow, Ann ^z   Mitchell, Robyn ^a   Pelude, Linda ^a   Roth, Virginia ^e   Thomas, Eva ^ab   Turgeon, Nathali ^ac   Vayalumkal, Joseph ^ad   Vearncombe, Mary ^ab   Weiss, Karl ^ae   Wong, Alic ^af   Zoutman, Dick ^ag   more..

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Canada   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g Health Sciences Centre St John's   (Canada)

^h PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^k FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^l Interior Health Authority   (Canada)

^m HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁿ STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^o MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^p Peter Lougheed Centre   (Canada)

^q LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^r QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^s NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^t VICTORIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^u IWK Health Centre ^*  (Canada)

^v IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^w UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^x CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^y HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^z HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^aa SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^ab CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^ac LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^ad ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^ae MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^af ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^ag KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Health facilities; hospital; infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG-TERM CARE;

EID: 79953665204     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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