Impact of infection control interventions on rates of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in National Health Service acute hospitals, East Midlands, UK, using interrupted time-series analysis

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 28-37

  Newitt, S ^a   Myles, P R ^b   Birkin, J A ^a   Maskell, V ^a   Slack, R C B ^c   Nguyen Van Tam, J S ^a,b   Szatkowski, L ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthcare associated infection; MRSA; MSSA; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; UNITED KINGDOM; BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

METICILLIN;

BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84927106905     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.12.016     Document Type: Article

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