A point prevalence survey of health care-associated infections in Canadian pediatric inpatients

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 491-496

  Rutledge Taylor, Katie ^a   Matlow, Anne ^b   Gravel, Denise ^a   Embree, Joanne ^c   Le Saux, Nicole ^d   Johnston, Lynn ^e   Suh, Kathryn ^f   Embil, John ^c   Henderson, Elizabeth ^g   John, Michael ^h   Roth, Virginia ^f   Wong, Alice ⁱ   Shurgold, Jayson ^a   Taylor, Geoff ^j  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g Peter Lougheed Centre   (Canada)

^h Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

ⁱ ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Children; Cross transmission; Infections; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; CARBAPENEM; COTRIMAZINE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PENTAMIDINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROORGANISM; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; CANADA; PEDIATRICS;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INPATIENTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84864692527     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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