Decolonization of patients and health care workers to control nosocomial spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A simulation study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gurieva, Tatiana V ^a   Bootsma, Martin C J ^a,b   Bonten, Marc J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOLONIZATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84868700631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-302     Document Type: Article

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