Rate of contamination of hospital privacy curtains on a burns and plastic surgery ward: a cross-sectional study

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 54-58

  Shek, K ^a   Patidar, R ^b   Kohja, Z ^a   Liu, S ^b   Gawaziuk, J P ^c   Gawthrop, M ^c   Kumar, A ^b   Logsetty, S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burn injury; Curtains; Environmental sampling; Hospital acquired infection; MRSA; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURN UNIT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITAL CURTAIN; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; STOMA; SURGICAL WARD; SURGICAL WOUND; TRACHEOSTOMY; BACTERIAL LOAD; BED; BURN; CANADA; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; IATROGENIC DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STANDARDS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BACTERIAL LOAD; BEDDING AND LINENS; BURNS; CANADA; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURGICAL WOUND;

EID: 85017437145     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.03.012     Document Type: Article

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