Practical steps to deal with meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals

M.A. Aldeyab; M.P. Kearney; M.G. Scott; J.C. McElnay

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2010.03.005

Practical steps to deal with meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals

M.A. Aldeyab, M.P. Kearney, M.G. Scott, J.C. McElnay

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	145-146
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Hospital Infection
Volume	75
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2010.03.005
Publication status	Published - Jun 2010

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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., López-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

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

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