Successful veterans affairs initiative to prevent methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections revisited

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1618-1620

  Gurieva, Tanya ^a   Bootsma, Martin C J ^a,c   Bonten, Marc J M ^a,b  

^a Julius Center for Health Research and Primary Care   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84861052166     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis272     Document Type: Article

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