Infection prevention and control in deployed military medical treatment facilities

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 2 SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Hospenthal, Duane R ^a,t   Green, Andrew D ^h   Crouch, Helen K ^a,t   English, Judith F ^t   Pool, Jane ^g   Yun, Heather C ^t   Murray, Clinton K ^t   Andersen, Romney C ^c   Bell, R Bryan ^e   Calhoun, Jason H ^f   Cancio, Leopoldo C ^b   Cho, John M ^g   Chung, Kevin K ^b   Clasper, Jon C ^h   Colyer, Marcus H ^c   Conger, Nicholas G ⁱ   Costanzo, George P ^b   Curry, Thomas K ^j   D'Avignon, Laurie C ^l   Dorlac, Warren C ^m   Dunne, James R ^c   Eastridge, Brian J ^b   Ficke, James R ^a   Fleming, Mark E ^c   Forgione, Michael A ⁱ   Hale, Robert G ^b   Hayes, David K ^a   Holcomb, John B ⁿ   Hsu, Joseph R ^b   Kester, Kent E ^o   Martin, Gregory J ^c   Moores, Leon E ^p   Obremskey, William T ^q   Petersen, Kyle ^r   Renz, Evan M ^b   Saffle, Jeffrey R ^s   Solomkin, Joseph S ^m   Sutter, Deena E ^a   Tribble, David R ^d   Wenke, Joseph C ^b   Whitman, Timothy J ^c   Wiesen, Andrew R ^k   Wortmann, Glenn W ^c   more..

^a SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^h QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ KEESLER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k Western Regional Medical Command   (United States)

^l US Air Force Medical Support Agency ^*  (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^o WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^p Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center   (United States)

^q VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^r NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^t Bureau of Medicine and Surgery   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Combat; Infection control; Infection prevention; Military; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CHLORHEXIDINE; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BATTLE INJURY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DEBRIDEMENT; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MILITARY MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURGICAL ATTIRE; WOUND INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84863680514     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318227add8     Document Type: Review

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