The Impact of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) Flags on Hospital Operations

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 782-790

  Shenoy, Erica S ^a,b   Lee, Hang ^a   Hou, Taige ^a   Ware, Winston ^a   Ryan, Erin E ^a   Hooper, David C ^a,b   Walensky, Rochelle P ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BOSTON; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI;

EID: 84976352027     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.54     Document Type: Article

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