Control of endemic extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii with a cohorting policy and cleaning procedures based on the 1 room, 1 wipe approach

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 520-524

  Gavaldà, Laura ^a   Soriano, Ana M ^a   Cámara, Jordi ^a   Gasull, Rosa ^a   Arch, Olga ^a   Ferrer, Montserrat ^a   Shaw, Evelyn ^a   Granada, Rosa M ^a   Dominguez, M Angeles ^a   Pujol, Miquel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; disinfection; infection control; screening

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CLEANING; DISINFECTION; EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT ISOLATION; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RISK; SCREENING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PROCEDURES; SPAIN; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NON-RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SPAIN;

EID: 84955601133     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.11.036     Document Type: Article

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