Wide variation in adoption of screening and infection control interventions for multidrug-resistant organisms: A national study

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 696-700

  Pogorzelska, Monika ^a   Stone, Patricia W ^a   Larson, Elaine L ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Infection prevention and control programs; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SCREENING; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HAND DISINFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84866991829     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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