Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus burden in nursing homes associated with environmental contamination of common areas

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1012-1018

  Murphy, Courtney Reynolds ^a   Eells, Samantha J ^b   Quan, Victor ^a   Kim, Diane ^a   Peterson, Ellena ^c   Miller, Loren G ^b   Huang, Susan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleaning quality; Environmental contamination; Infection control; Long term care facility; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLEANING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84862185595     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.03978.x     Document Type: Article

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