@article{32ba26788abe4c89b47d972ee8cfdaf3,
title = "Practical steps to deal with meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals",
keywords = "antibiotic agent, bacterial colonization, clinical trial, disease transmission, drug efficacy, environmental sanitation, hand washing, health care personnel, hospital infection, human, infection control, letter, methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, patient compliance, personal hygiene, polymerase chain reaction, practice guideline, Staphylococcus infection, systematic review, Cross Infection, Great Britain, Hospitals, Humans, Infection Control, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcal Infections",
author = "M.A. Aldeyab and M.P. Kearney and M.G. Scott and J.C. McElnay",
note = "Cited By :1 Export Date: 15 September 2018 CODEN: JHIND Correspondence Address: Aldeyab, M.A.; Clinical and Practice Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7BL, United Kingdom; email: maldeyab02@qub.ac.uk References: Muto, C.A., Jernigan, J.A., Ostrowsky, B.E., SHEA guideline for preventing nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus and enterococcus (2003) Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 24, pp. 362-386; Aldeyab, M.A., Elshibly, S.M., McElnay, J.C., An evaluation of compliance with an antibiotic policy in surgical wards at a general teaching hospital in Northern Ireland (2009) Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 30, pp. 921-922; Davey, P., Brown, E., Fenelon, L., Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients (2005) Cochrane Database Syst Rev, (4). , CD003543; Aldeyab, M.A., Monnet, D.L., L{\'o}pez-Lozano, J.M., Modelling the impact of antibiotic use and infection control practices on the incidence of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a time-series analysis (2008) J Antimicrob Chemother, 62, pp. 593-600; Beggs, C.B., Shepherd, S.J., Kerr, K.G., Increasing the frequency of hand washing by healthcare workers does not lead to commensurate reductions in staphylococcal infection in a hospital ward (2008) BMC Infect Dis, 8, p. 114; Aldeyab, M.A., McElnay, J.C., Elshibly, S.M., Evaluation of the efficacy of a conventional cleaning regimen in removing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from contaminated surfaces in an intensive care unit (2009) Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 30, pp. 304-306; Klibanov, A.M., Permanently microbicidal materials coatings (2007) J Mater Chem, 17, pp. 2479-2482; Aldeyab, M.A., Kearney, M.P., Hughes, C.M., Can the use of a rapid polymerase chain screening method decrease the incidence of nosocomial meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus? (2009) J Hosp Infect, 71, pp. 22-28",
year = "2010",
month = "6",
doi = "10.1016/j.jhin.2010.03.005",
language = "English",
volume = "75",
pages = "145--146",
journal = "Journal of Hospital Infection",
issn = "0195-6701",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "2",
}