Contamination of medical charts: An important source of potential infection in hospitals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Kuo Hu ^a,b   Chen, Li Ru ^c,d   Wang, Ying Kuan ^a  

^a TAIPEI TZU CHI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHART CONTAMINATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DELIVERY ROOM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL RECORD; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA; PEDIATRIC WARD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STERILE COTTON SWAB; SURGICAL WARD; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; WARD; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FOMITE; HAND WASHING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOMITES; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICAL RECORDS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI;

EID: 84897807878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078512     Document Type: Article

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