Sustained meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus control in a hyper-endemic tertiary acute care hospital with infrastructure challenges in Singapore

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-148

  Fisher, D ^a,b   Tambyah, P A ^a,b   Lin, R T P ^a,b   Jureen, R ^a,b   Cook, A R ^a,c,d   Lim, A ^a,b   Ong, B ^a,b   Balm, M ^a   Ng, T M ^a   Hsu, L Y ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c YALE NUS COLLEGE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Active surveillance; Cohorting; Hand hygiene; Infection control; Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; EMERGENCY CARE; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; SINGAPORE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE; COHORTING; HAND HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; METICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84884185379     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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