An integrative review of infection prevention and control programs for multidrug-resistant organisms in acute care hospitals: A socio-ecological perspective

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 368-378

  Backman, Chantal ^a   Taylor, Geoffrey ^a   Sales, Anne ^a   Marck, Patricia Beryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

acute care hospitals; CDI; Clostridium difficile infection; ESBL; extended spectrum lactamases; Infection control program; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA; review; socio ecological thinking; vancomycin resistant Enterococci; VRE

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CINAHL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT BACTERIA; NONHUMAN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 79957918047     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.07.017     Document Type: Review

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