Changes in healthcare-associated staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections after the introduction of a national hand hygiene initiative

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1029-1036

  Barnett, Adrian G ^a   Page, Katie ^a   Campbell, Megan ^a   Brain, David ^a   Martin, Elizabeth ^a   Rashleigh Rolls, Rebecca ^a,b   Halton, Kate ^a   Hall, Lisa ^a,c   Jimmieson, Nerina ^a   White, Katherine ^a   Paterson, David ^c,d   Graves, Nicholas ^a,c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Surveillance and Prevention   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NATIONAL HAND HYGIENE INITIATIVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK REDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MICROBIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA; BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84904384498     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677160     Document Type: Article

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