Importance of multifaceted approaches in infection control: A practical experience from an outbreak investigation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Stock, Nina Katharina ^a,b   Petráš, Petr ^a   Melter, Oto ^c   Kapounová, Gabriela ^d   Vopalková, Petra ^d   Kubele, Jan ^d   Vaniš, Václav ^a,d   Tkadlec, Jan ^c   Bukáčková, Eva ^c   Machová, Ivana ^a   Jindrák, Vlastimil ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b ECDC   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^d NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORK;

BEHAVIOR; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK;

EID: 85022145663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157981     Document Type: Article

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