Intervention to Reduce Transmission of Resistant Bacteria in Intensive Care
Author(s) -
W. Charles Huskins,
Charmaine M. Huckabee,
Naomi P. O’Grady,
Patrick R. Murray,
Heather Kopetskie,
Louise Zimmer,
Mary E. Walker,
Ronda L. SinkowitzCochran,
John A. Jernigan,
Matthew H. Samore,
Dennis Wallace,
Donald A. Goldmann
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1000373
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care , infection control , hygiene , universal precautions , emergency medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , intensive care unit , incidence (geometry) , intervention (counseling) , intensive care medicine , nursing , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , physics , optics , pathology , electrical engineering , engineering
Intensive care units (ICUs) are high-risk settings for the transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE).
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