The effect of improved compliance with hygiene guidelines on transmission of Staphylococcus aureus to newborn infants: The Swedish Hygiene Intervention and Transmission of S aureus study

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 585-590

  Mernelius, Sara ^a,b   Löfgren, Sture ^a   Lindgren, Per Eric ^a,b   Blomberg, Marie ^b   Olhager, Elisabeth ^c   Gunnervik, Christina ^d   Lenrick, Raymond ^a   Thrane, Malena Tiefenthal ^e   Isaksson, Barbro ^c   Matussek, Andreas ^a  

^a RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Varnamo Hospital   (Sweden)

^e Hogland Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carriage; Colonization; Compliance rates; Multimodal hygiene intervention; Persistent carriage; spa typing; The Swedish HITS study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE;

CROSS INFECTION; FATHERS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; MALE; MOTHERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84879501263     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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