Hospital staff perceptions of a legislative mandate for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 573-578

  Wise, Matthew E ^a   Weber, Stephen G ^b   Schneider, Amy ^a   Stojcevski, Meg ^b   France, Anne Marie ^c   Schaefer, Melissa K ^a   Lin, Michael Y ^d   Kallen, Alexander J ^a   Cochran, Ronda L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHICAGO; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MANDATORY TESTING; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 79957948180     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660016     Document Type: Article

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