Infection control precautions for visitors to healthcare facilities

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1047-1050

  Banach, David B ^a   Bearman, Gonzalo M ^b   Morgan, Daniel J ^c,d,e   Munoz Price, L Silvia ^f  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

hospital epidemiology; hospital visitors; infection control; multidrug resistant organisms; nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

CONTACT PRECAUTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTION; REVIEW; CROSS INFECTION; EDUCATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATIENT; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 84939171811     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14787210.2015.1068119     Document Type: Review

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