Resource burden associated with contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus: The patient access managers' perspective

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 849-852

  Shenoy, Erica S ^a,b   Walensky, Rochelle P ^a,b   Lee, Hang ^a,b   Orcutt, Benjamin ^a   Hooper, David C ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; POLICY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84863741803     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666629     Document Type: Article

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