Control of drug-resistant pathogens in endemic settings: Contact precautions, controversies, and a proposal for a less restrictive alternative

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 620-626

  Bearman, Gonzalo ^a   Stevens, Michael P ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact precautions; Drug resistant pathogens; Endemic settings; Multidrug resistant pathogens

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ANTISEPSIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARBABENEMASE RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MENTAL DISEASE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THERAPY DELAY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 84870525378     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: 15343146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-012-0299-8     Document Type: Article

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