Comparison of strategies to reduce meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus rates in surgical patients: A controlled multicentre intervention trial

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Lee, Andie S ^a,b   Cooper, Ben S ^c,d   Malhotra Kumar, Surbhi ^e   Chalfine, Annie ^f   Daikos, George L ^g   Fankhauser, Carolina ^a   Carevic, Biljana ^h   Lemmen, Sebastian ⁱ   Martinez, José Antonio ^j   Masuet Aumatell, Cristina ^k   Pan, Angelo ^l   Phillips, Gabby ^m   Rubinovitch, Bina ⁿ   Goossens, Herman ^e   Brun Buisson, Christian ^o,p   Harbarth, Stephan ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^f SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^g LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^h CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^j HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^k HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^l Infectious Diseases Istituti Ospedalieri   (Italy)

^m NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^o INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^p HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; SCREENING; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL WARD;

EID: 84885367137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003126     Document Type: Article

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