Editorial commentary: Deconstructing the veterans affairs MRSA prevention bundle

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1621-1623

  Perencevich, Eli N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOSE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL GLOVE; CROSS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VETERAN;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VETERANS;

EID: 84861019167     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis277     Document Type: Note

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