Role of infection control in combating antibiotic resistance

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 434-437

  Whitelaw, A C ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION SYSTEM; HAND WASHING; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; SCREENING; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; CROSS INFECTION; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 84930003994     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.9650     Document Type: Article

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