Preventing lethal hospital outbreaks of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 2168-2170

  Sandora, Thomas J ^a,b   Goldmann, Donald A ^a,b,c,d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; LETHALITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 84870533543     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1212370     Document Type: Article

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