A point-prevalence study on healthcare-associated infections in Vietnam: Public health implications

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1039-1041

  Thu, Truong Anh ^a,b   Hung, Nguyen Viet ^b   Quang, Nguyen Ngo ^c   Archibald, Lennox K ^d   Thuy, le Thi Thanh ^b   Harun Or Rashid, Md ^a   Sakamoto, Junichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BACH MAI HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVICE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053138789     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661915     Document Type: Article

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