Evaluation of different methods to recover meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from hospital environmental surfaces

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-230

  Dolan, A ^a   Bartlett, M ^a   McEntee, B ^a   Creamer, E ^a   Humphreys, H ^a,b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Environmental contamination; Meticillin resistant; Staphylococcus aureus; Swabs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INOCULATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BEDDING AND LINENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FOMITES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 80053307799     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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