Improved ICU design reduces acquisition of antibiotic-resistant bacteria: A quasi-experimental observational study

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Levin, Phillip D ^a   Golovanevski, Mila ^a   Moses, Allon E ^a   Sprung, Charles L ^a   Benenson, Shmuel ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; ADULT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80052653259     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc10446     Document Type: Article

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