Screening and isolation to control meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Sense, nonsense, and evidence

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9973, 2015, Pages 1146-1149

  Fätkenheuer, Gerd ^a,b   Hirschel, Bernard ^c   Harbarth, Stephan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)   (Germany)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAREGIVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MASK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RISK; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SURGICAL WARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION;

HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT ISOLATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84925395788     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60660-7     Document Type: Note

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