Nationwide reduction of health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in Veterans Affairs long-term care facilities

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-62

  Evans, Martin E ^a,b   Kralovic, Stephen M ^c,d   Simbartl, Loretta A ^c   Freyberg, Ron W ^e   Obrosky, D Scott ^c   Roselle, Gary A ^c,d   Jain, Rajiv ^f  

^a LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Office of Informatics and Analytics   (United States)

^f Veterans Affairs Central Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care associated infection; Long term care; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BONE INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESIDENT; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

HEALTH CARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTION; LONG-TERM CARE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NURSING HOME;

INCIDENCE; LONG-TERM CARE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84891619649     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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