Association between contact precautions and delirium at a tertiary care center

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-39

  Day, Hannah R ^a   Perencevich, Eli N ^b,c   Harris, Anthony D ^a,d   Gruber Baldini, Ann L ^a   Himelhoch, Seth S ^a   Brown, Clayton H ^a,d   Dotter, Emily ^a   Morgan, Daniel J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Iowa City Veterans Affairs   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; CONTACT PRECAUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DELIRIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ISOLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL ATTIRE;

EID: 84055213023     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/663340     Document Type: Article

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