Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) management in palliative care units and hospices in Germany: A nationwide survey on patient isolation policies and quality of life

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-90

  Bükki, Johannes ^a   Klein, Jennifer ^a   But, Ludmilla ^a   Montag, Thomas ^a   Wenchel, Hans Martin ^b   Voltz, Raymond ^a   Ostgathe, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; hospices; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; palliative care; patient isolation; quality of life; questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ERADICATION THERAPY; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GERMANY; HOSPICES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ISOLATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84871597171     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216311425709     Document Type: Review

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