Hand-hygiene compliance does not predict rates of resistant infections in critically ill surgical patients

Surgical Infections

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 533-539

  Jayaraman, Sudha P ^a,c   Klompas, Michael ^a   Bascom, Molli ^a   Liu, Xiaoxia ^a   Piszcz, Regina ^a   Rogers, Selwyn O ^b   Askari, Reza ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

BOSTON; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84912018419     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: 15578674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2013.128     Document Type: Article

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