Infection prevention practices in Japan, Thailand, and the United States: Results from national surveys

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue , 2017, Pages S105-S111

  Krein, Sarah L ^a,b   Greene, M Todd ^a,b   Apisarnthanarak, Anucha ^c   Sakamoto, Fumie ^d   Tokuda, Yasuharu ^f   Sakihama, Tomoko ^e   Fowler, Karen E ^a   Ratz, David ^a   Saint, Sanjay ^a,b  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hospital; Infection control; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; MOUTHWASH;

CATHETER INFECTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; JAPAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; BACTEREMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85028634436     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix073     Document Type: Review

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