Prevention of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in European hospitals: Moving beyond policies

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 203-211

  Borg, M A ^a   Hulscher, M ^b   Scicluna, E A ^a   Richards, J ^c   Azanowsky, J M ^d   Xuereb, D ^a   Huis, A ^b   Moro, M L ^e   Maltezou, H C ^f   Frank, U ^g  

^a MATER DEI HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c International Federation of Infection Control   (United Kingdom)

^d Public Health   (France)

^e Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regionale   (Italy)

^f Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competency; Culture; Infection control; Root cause analysis; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BELGIUM; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CARE BUNDLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; FRANCE; HAND WASHING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; IRELAND; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STAFF TRAINING; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUROPE; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84905118267     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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