Using sensor networks to study the effect of peripatetic healthcare workers on the spread of hospital-associated infections

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1549-1557

  Hornbeck, Thomas ^a   Naylor, David ^a   Segre, Alberto M ^a   Thomas, Geb ^b   Herman, Ted ^a   Polgreen, Philip M ^c  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b IA United States   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS INFECTION; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84867726574     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis542     Document Type: Article

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