Effectiveness of preventive measures for hemato-oncologic patients undergoing stem cell transplantation during a period of hospital construction

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 746-751

  Berger, Jutta ^a   Willinger, Birgit ^a   Diab Elschahawi, Magda ^a   Blacky, Alexander ^a   Kalhs, Peter ^a   Koller, Walter ^a   Assadian, Ojan ^a   Aichberger, Karl J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

aspergillosis; aspergillus; Construction phase; prevention; stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER PATIENT; CONSTRUCTION WORK; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL BUILDING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055087220     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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