Efficacy of infection control interventions in reducing the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms in the hospital setting

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  D'Agata, Erika M C ^a   Horn, Mary Ann ^b,c   Ruan, Shigui ^d   Webb, Glenn F ^b   Wares, Joanna R ^e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d Department of Biology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EXPOSURE; DYNAMICS; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; BACTERIAL COUNT; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CROSS INFECTION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HANDWASHING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857390952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030170     Document Type: Article

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