Quantifying bacterial transfer from patients to staff during burns dressing and bed changes: Implications for infection control

Burns

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 220-228

  Bache, Sarah E ^a,b   MacLean, Michelle ^b   Gettinby, George ^b   Anderson, John G ^b   MacGregor, Scott J ^b   Taggart, Ian ^a  

^a CANNIESBURN PLASTIC SURGERY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bed change; Contamination; Dressing change; Healthcare workers; Infection control; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

TOPICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN DRESSING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INJURY SEVERITY; META ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TOTAL BODY SURFACE AREA; WOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BANDAGES; BEDDING AND LINENS; BURNS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873719399     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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