Bed occupancy rates and hospital-acquired infections-should beds be kept empty?

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 941-945

  Kaier, K ^a   Mutters, N T ^b   Frank, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bed occupancy rates; Hospital acquired infections; Infectious disease epidemiology; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Threshold

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SCABIES; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84866261009     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03956.x     Document Type: Review

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