Spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a large tertiary NICU: Network analysis

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Geva, Alon ^a,b,c   Wright, Sharon B ^a,c   Baldini, Linda M ^a   Smallcomb, Jane A ^a   Safran, Charles ^a,c   Gray, James E ^a,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant; Infection control; Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus; Network analysis; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BOSTON; CARRIER STATE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 80355129535     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-2562     Document Type: Article

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