The potential regional impact of contact precaution use in nursing homes to control methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-160

  Lee, Bruce Y ^a   Singh, Ashima ^a   Bartsch, Sarah M ^a   Wong, Kim F ^a   Kim, Diane S ^b   Avery, Taliser R ^c   Brown, Shawn T ^a   Murphy, Courtney R ^b   Yilmaz, S Levent ^a   Huang, Susan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSING HOMES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84872191873     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669091     Document Type: Article

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