Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in the intensive care unit: A multi-level strategic management approach

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 194-198

  Molter, G ^a   Seifert, H ^b,c   Mandraka, F ^a   Kasper, G ^a   Weidmann, B ^a   Hornei, B ^d   Ohler M ^e   Schwimmbeck, P ^a   Kroschel P ^a   Higgins, P G ^b   Reuter, S ^a  

^a KLINIKUM LEVERKUSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d SYNLAB ACADEMY   (Germany)

^e Public Health Department of the City of Leverkusen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infection control; Intensive care unit; Intervention; Management; Multidrug resistance; Transmission

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VERY ELDERLY; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARBAPENEMS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84958039362     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.11.007     Document Type: Article

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