Successful control of emerging vancomycin-resistant enterococci by territory-wide implementation of directly observed hand hygiene in patients in Hong Kong

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1168-1171

  Cheng, Vincent C C ^a   Tai, Josepha W M ^a   Chau, P H ^b   Lai, Christopher K C ^c   Chuang, Vivien W M ^d   So, Simon Y C ^a   Wong, Sally C Y ^a   Chen, Jonathan H K ^a   Ho, P L ^a   Tsang, Dominic N C ^c,d   Yuen, K Y ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

directly observed hand hygiene; Vancomycin resistant enterococci

Indexed keywords

HONG KONG; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIC; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HAND HYGIENE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI;

EID: 84995377069     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.03.050     Document Type: Article

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