Use of adherence monitors as part of a team approach to control clonal spread of Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a research hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1166-1172

  Palmore, Tara N ^a   Michelin, Angela V ^a   Bordner, Maryann ^a   Odom, Robin T ^a   Stock, Frida ^a   Sinaii, Ninet ^a   Fedorko, Daniel P ^a   Murray, Patrick R ^a   Henderson, David K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEFTAZIDIME; MEROPENEM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PHYSICIAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARYLAND; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); NURSES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80955148221     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662710     Document Type: Article

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